Q: Is 261,137,748 a Composite Number?

Why is 261,137,748 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 261,137,748 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 12 17 19 34 38 51 57 68 76 89 102 114 178 204 228 267 323 356 534 646 757 969 1,068 1,292 1,513 1,514 1,691 1,938 2,271 3,026 3,028 3,382 3,876 4,539 4,542 5,073 6,052 6,764 9,078 9,084 10,146 12,869 14,383 18,156 20,292 25,738 28,747 28,766 38,607 43,149 51,476 57,494 57,532 67,373 77,214 86,241 86,298 114,988 134,746 154,428 172,482 172,596 202,119 244,511 269,492 344,964 404,238 489,022 733,533 808,476 978,044 1,145,341 1,280,087 1,467,066 2,290,682 2,560,174 2,934,132 3,436,023 3,840,261 4,581,364 5,120,348 6,872,046 7,680,522 13,744,092 15,361,044 21,761,479 43,522,958 65,284,437 87,045,916 130,568,874 and 261,137,748, with no remainder.

Since 261,137,748 cannot be divided by just 1 and 261,137,748, 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).