Q: Is 248,880,576 a Composite Number?

Why is 248,880,576 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 248,880,576 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 21 24 28 32 42 48 56 64 84 96 112 168 192 224 281 336 448 562 659 672 843 1,124 1,318 1,344 1,686 1,967 1,977 2,248 2,636 3,372 3,934 3,954 4,496 4,613 5,272 5,901 6,744 7,868 7,908 8,992 9,226 10,544 11,802 13,488 13,839 15,736 15,816 17,984 18,452 21,088 23,604 26,976 27,678 31,472 31,632 36,904 42,176 47,208 53,952 55,356 62,944 63,264 73,808 94,416 110,712 125,888 126,528 147,616 185,179 188,832 221,424 295,232 370,358 377,664 442,848 555,537 740,716 885,696 1,111,074 1,296,253 1,481,432 2,222,148 2,592,506 2,962,864 3,888,759 4,444,296 5,185,012 5,925,728 7,777,518 8,888,592 10,370,024 11,851,456 15,555,036 17,777,184 20,740,048 31,110,072 35,554,368 41,480,096 62,220,144 82,960,192 124,440,288 and 248,880,576, with no remainder.

Since 248,880,576 cannot be divided by just 1 and 248,880,576, 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).