Q: Is 247,868,148 a Composite Number?

Why is 247,868,148 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 247,868,148 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 11 12 19 22 23 33 38 44 46 57 66 69 76 92 114 132 138 209 228 253 276 418 437 506 627 759 836 874 1,012 1,254 1,311 1,518 1,748 2,508 2,622 3,036 4,297 4,807 5,244 8,594 9,614 12,891 14,421 17,188 19,228 25,782 28,842 47,267 51,564 57,684 81,643 94,534 98,831 141,801 163,286 189,068 197,662 244,929 283,602 296,493 326,572 395,324 489,858 567,204 592,986 898,073 979,716 1,087,141 1,185,972 1,796,146 1,877,789 2,174,282 2,694,219 3,261,423 3,592,292 3,755,578 4,348,564 5,388,438 5,633,367 6,522,846 7,511,156 10,776,876 11,266,734 13,045,692 20,655,679 22,533,468 41,311,358 61,967,037 82,622,716 123,934,074 and 247,868,148, with no remainder.

Since 247,868,148 cannot be divided by just 1 and 247,868,148, 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).