Q: Is 253,243,200 a Composite Number?

Why is 253,243,200 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 253,243,200 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 12 14 15 16 20 21 24 25 28 30 32 35 40 42 48 50 56 60 64 70 75 80 84 96 100 105 112 120 140 150 160 168 175 192 200 210 224 240 280 300 320 336 350 400 420 448 480 525 560 600 672 700 800 840 960 1,050 1,120 1,200 1,344 1,400 1,600 1,680 2,100 2,240 2,400 2,800 3,360 4,200 4,800 5,600 6,720 7,537 8,400 11,200 15,074 16,800 22,611 30,148 33,600 37,685 45,222 52,759 60,296 75,370 90,444 105,518 113,055 120,592 150,740 158,277 180,888 188,425 211,036 226,110 241,184 263,795 301,480 316,554 361,776 376,850 422,072 452,220 482,368 527,590 565,275 602,960 633,108 723,552 753,700 791,385 844,144 904,440 1,055,180 1,130,550 1,205,920 1,266,216 1,318,975 1,447,104 1,507,400 1,582,770 1,688,288 1,808,880 2,110,360 2,261,100 2,411,840 2,532,432 2,637,950 3,014,800 3,165,540 3,376,576 3,617,760 3,956,925 4,220,720 4,522,200 5,064,864 5,275,900 6,029,600 6,331,080 7,235,520 7,913,850 8,441,440 9,044,400 10,129,728 10,551,800 12,059,200 12,662,160 15,827,700 16,882,880 18,088,800 21,103,600 25,324,320 31,655,400 36,177,600 42,207,200 50,648,640 63,310,800 84,414,400 126,621,600 and 253,243,200, with no remainder.

Since 253,243,200 cannot be divided by just 1 and 253,243,200, 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).