Q: Is 248,245,260 a Composite Number?

Why is 248,245,260 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 248,245,260 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 10 12 15 19 20 30 38 57 60 73 76 95 114 146 157 190 219 228 285 292 314 361 365 380 438 471 570 628 722 730 785 876 942 1,083 1,095 1,140 1,387 1,444 1,460 1,570 1,805 1,884 2,166 2,190 2,355 2,774 2,983 3,140 3,610 4,161 4,332 4,380 4,710 5,415 5,548 5,966 6,935 7,220 8,322 8,949 9,420 10,830 11,461 11,932 13,870 14,915 16,644 17,898 20,805 21,660 22,922 26,353 27,740 29,830 34,383 35,796 41,610 44,745 45,844 52,706 56,677 57,305 59,660 68,766 79,059 83,220 89,490 105,412 113,354 114,610 131,765 137,532 158,118 170,031 171,915 178,980 217,759 226,708 229,220 263,530 283,385 316,236 340,062 343,830 395,295 435,518 527,060 566,770 653,277 680,124 687,660 790,590 850,155 871,036 1,088,795 1,133,540 1,306,554 1,581,180 1,700,310 2,177,590 2,613,108 3,266,385 3,400,620 4,137,421 4,355,180 6,532,770 8,274,842 12,412,263 13,065,540 16,549,684 20,687,105 24,824,526 41,374,210 49,649,052 62,061,315 82,748,420 124,122,630 and 248,245,260, with no remainder.

Since 248,245,260 cannot be divided by just 1 and 248,245,260, 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).