Q: Is 264,400,464 a Composite Number?

Why is 264,400,464 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 264,400,464 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 24 43 48 53 86 106 129 159 172 212 258 318 344 424 516 636 688 848 1,032 1,272 2,064 2,279 2,417 2,544 4,558 4,834 6,837 7,251 9,116 9,668 13,674 14,502 18,232 19,336 27,348 29,004 36,464 38,672 54,696 58,008 103,931 109,392 116,016 128,101 207,862 256,202 311,793 384,303 415,724 512,404 623,586 768,606 831,448 1,024,808 1,247,172 1,537,212 1,662,896 2,049,616 2,494,344 3,074,424 4,988,688 5,508,343 6,148,848 11,016,686 16,525,029 22,033,372 33,050,058 44,066,744 66,100,116 88,133,488 132,200,232 and 264,400,464, with no remainder.

Since 264,400,464 cannot be divided by just 1 and 264,400,464, 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).