Q: Is 250,486,272 a Composite Number?

Why is 250,486,272 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 250,486,272 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 19 24 32 36 38 48 57 64 72 76 96 114 128 144 152 171 192 228 256 288 304 342 384 456 512 576 608 684 768 912 1,152 1,216 1,368 1,536 1,824 2,304 2,432 2,736 2,861 3,648 4,608 4,864 5,472 5,722 7,296 8,583 9,728 10,944 11,444 14,592 17,166 21,888 22,888 25,749 29,184 34,332 43,776 45,776 51,498 54,359 68,664 87,552 91,552 102,996 108,718 137,328 163,077 183,104 205,992 217,436 274,656 326,154 366,208 411,984 434,872 489,231 549,312 652,308 732,416 823,968 869,744 978,462 1,098,624 1,304,616 1,464,832 1,647,936 1,739,488 1,956,924 2,197,248 2,609,232 3,295,872 3,478,976 3,913,848 4,394,496 5,218,464 6,591,744 6,957,952 7,827,696 10,436,928 13,183,488 13,915,904 15,655,392 20,873,856 27,831,808 31,310,784 41,747,712 62,621,568 83,495,424 125,243,136 and 250,486,272, with no remainder.

Since 250,486,272 cannot be divided by just 1 and 250,486,272, 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).