Q: Is 249,616,248 a Composite Number?

Why is 249,616,248 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 249,616,248 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 21 24 28 42 47 56 84 94 101 141 168 188 202 282 303 313 329 376 404 564 606 626 658 707 808 939 987 1,128 1,212 1,252 1,316 1,414 1,878 1,974 2,121 2,191 2,424 2,504 2,632 2,828 3,756 3,948 4,242 4,382 4,747 5,656 6,573 7,512 7,896 8,484 8,764 9,494 13,146 14,241 14,711 16,968 17,528 18,988 26,292 28,482 29,422 31,613 33,229 37,976 44,133 52,584 56,964 58,844 63,226 66,458 88,266 94,839 99,687 102,977 113,928 117,688 126,452 132,916 176,532 189,678 199,374 205,954 221,291 252,904 265,832 308,931 353,064 379,356 398,748 411,908 442,582 617,862 663,873 758,712 797,496 823,816 885,164 1,235,724 1,327,746 1,485,811 1,770,328 2,471,448 2,655,492 2,971,622 4,457,433 5,310,984 5,943,244 8,914,866 10,400,677 11,886,488 17,829,732 20,801,354 31,202,031 35,659,464 41,602,708 62,404,062 83,205,416 124,808,124 and 249,616,248, with no remainder.

Since 249,616,248 cannot be divided by just 1 and 249,616,248, 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).