Q: Is 252,015,408 a Composite Number?

Why is 252,015,408 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 252,015,408 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 27 36 48 54 67 72 108 134 144 201 216 268 402 432 536 603 804 1,072 1,206 1,608 1,809 2,412 3,216 3,618 4,824 7,236 8,707 9,648 14,472 17,414 26,121 28,944 34,828 52,242 69,656 78,363 104,484 139,312 156,726 208,968 235,089 313,452 417,936 470,178 583,369 626,904 940,356 1,166,738 1,253,808 1,750,107 1,880,712 2,333,476 3,500,214 3,761,424 4,666,952 5,250,321 7,000,428 9,333,904 10,500,642 14,000,856 15,750,963 21,001,284 28,001,712 31,501,926 42,002,568 63,003,852 84,005,136 126,007,704 and 252,015,408, with no remainder.

Since 252,015,408 cannot be divided by just 1 and 252,015,408, 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).