Q: Is 260,374,704 a Composite Number?

Why is 260,374,704 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 260,374,704 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 24 31 48 62 93 124 186 233 248 372 466 496 699 744 751 932 1,398 1,488 1,502 1,864 2,253 2,796 3,004 3,728 4,506 5,592 6,008 7,223 9,012 11,184 12,016 14,446 18,024 21,669 23,281 28,892 36,048 43,338 46,562 57,784 69,843 86,676 93,124 115,568 139,686 173,352 174,983 186,248 279,372 346,704 349,966 372,496 524,949 558,744 699,932 1,049,898 1,117,488 1,399,864 2,099,796 2,799,728 4,199,592 5,424,473 8,399,184 10,848,946 16,273,419 21,697,892 32,546,838 43,395,784 65,093,676 86,791,568 130,187,352 and 260,374,704, with no remainder.

Since 260,374,704 cannot be divided by just 1 and 260,374,704, 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).