Q: Is 260,324,016 a Composite Number?

Why is 260,324,016 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 260,324,016 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 19 24 38 48 57 76 114 152 228 304 397 456 719 794 912 1,191 1,438 1,588 2,157 2,382 2,876 3,176 4,314 4,764 5,752 6,352 7,543 8,628 9,528 11,504 13,661 15,086 17,256 19,056 22,629 27,322 30,172 34,512 40,983 45,258 54,644 60,344 81,966 90,516 109,288 120,688 163,932 181,032 218,576 285,443 327,864 362,064 570,886 655,728 856,329 1,141,772 1,712,658 2,283,544 3,425,316 4,567,088 5,423,417 6,850,632 10,846,834 13,701,264 16,270,251 21,693,668 32,540,502 43,387,336 65,081,004 86,774,672 130,162,008 and 260,324,016, with no remainder.

Since 260,324,016 cannot be divided by just 1 and 260,324,016, 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).