Q: Is 253,210,400 a Composite Number?

Why is 253,210,400 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 253,210,400 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 16 20 25 32 40 50 80 100 113 160 200 226 400 452 565 800 904 1,130 1,808 2,260 2,801 2,825 3,616 4,520 5,602 5,650 9,040 11,204 11,300 14,005 18,080 22,408 22,600 28,010 44,816 45,200 56,020 70,025 89,632 90,400 112,040 140,050 224,080 280,100 316,513 448,160 560,200 633,026 1,120,400 1,266,052 1,582,565 2,240,800 2,532,104 3,165,130 5,064,208 6,330,260 7,912,825 10,128,416 12,660,520 15,825,650 25,321,040 31,651,300 50,642,080 63,302,600 126,605,200 and 253,210,400, with no remainder.

Since 253,210,400 cannot be divided by just 1 and 253,210,400, 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).