Q: Is 254,534,200 a Composite Number?

Why is 254,534,200 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 254,534,200 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 17 20 25 34 40 43 50 68 85 86 100 136 170 172 200 215 340 344 425 430 680 731 850 860 1,075 1,462 1,700 1,720 1,741 2,150 2,924 3,400 3,482 3,655 4,300 5,848 6,964 7,310 8,600 8,705 13,928 14,620 17,410 18,275 29,240 29,597 34,820 36,550 43,525 59,194 69,640 73,100 74,863 87,050 118,388 146,200 147,985 149,726 174,100 236,776 295,970 299,452 348,200 374,315 591,940 598,904 739,925 748,630 1,183,880 1,272,671 1,479,850 1,497,260 1,871,575 2,545,342 2,959,700 2,994,520 3,743,150 5,090,684 5,919,400 6,363,355 7,486,300 10,181,368 12,726,710 14,972,600 25,453,420 31,816,775 50,906,840 63,633,550 127,267,100 and 254,534,200, with no remainder.

Since 254,534,200 cannot be divided by just 1 and 254,534,200, 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).