Q: Is 263,321,304 a Composite Number?

Why is 263,321,304 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 263,321,304 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 19 24 37 38 57 74 76 111 114 148 152 222 228 296 444 456 703 888 1,406 2,109 2,812 4,218 5,624 8,436 15,607 16,872 31,214 46,821 62,428 93,642 124,856 187,284 296,533 374,568 577,459 593,066 889,599 1,154,918 1,186,132 1,732,377 1,779,198 2,309,836 2,372,264 3,464,754 3,558,396 4,619,672 6,929,508 7,116,792 10,971,721 13,859,016 21,943,442 32,915,163 43,886,884 65,830,326 87,773,768 131,660,652 and 263,321,304, with no remainder.

Since 263,321,304 cannot be divided by just 1 and 263,321,304, 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).