Q: Is 247,744,632 a Composite Number?

Why is 247,744,632 a composite number?

A composite number is a number that can be divided evenly by more numbers than 1 and itself. It is the opposite of a prime number.

The number 247,744,632 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 24 41 79 82 123 158 164 237 246 316 328 474 492 632 948 984 1,896 3,187 3,239 6,374 6,478 9,561 9,717 12,748 12,956 19,122 19,434 25,496 25,912 38,244 38,868 76,488 77,736 130,667 251,773 261,334 392,001 503,546 522,668 755,319 784,002 1,007,092 1,045,336 1,510,638 1,568,004 2,014,184 3,021,276 3,136,008 6,042,552 10,322,693 20,645,386 30,968,079 41,290,772 61,936,158 82,581,544 123,872,316 and 247,744,632, with no remainder.

Since 247,744,632 cannot be divided by just 1 and 247,744,632, it is a composite number.

More Examples

• All positive natural numbers are either a prime number or a composite number (except the number 1, which is neither).