Q: Is 248,277,588 a Composite Number?

Why is 248,277,588 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 248,277,588 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 12 13 17 26 34 39 51 52 68 78 102 156 204 221 289 442 578 663 867 884 1,156 1,326 1,734 2,652 3,468 3,757 5,507 7,514 11,014 11,271 15,028 16,521 22,028 22,542 33,042 45,084 66,084 71,591 93,619 143,182 187,238 214,773 280,857 286,364 374,476 429,546 561,714 859,092 1,123,428 1,217,047 1,591,523 2,434,094 3,183,046 3,651,141 4,774,569 4,868,188 6,366,092 7,302,282 9,549,138 14,604,564 19,098,276 20,689,799 41,379,598 62,069,397 82,759,196 124,138,794 and 248,277,588, with no remainder.

Since 248,277,588 cannot be divided by just 1 and 248,277,588, 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).