Q: Is 264,573,120 a Composite Number?

Why is 264,573,120 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 264,573,120 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 12 14 15 16 20 21 24 28 30 32 35 40 42 48 56 60 64 70 80 84 96 105 112 120 140 160 168 192 210 224 240 280 320 336 420 448 480 560 672 840 960 1,120 1,344 1,680 2,240 3,360 6,720 39,371 78,742 118,113 157,484 196,855 236,226 275,597 314,968 393,710 472,452 551,194 590,565 629,936 787,420 826,791 944,904 1,102,388 1,181,130 1,259,872 1,377,985 1,574,840 1,653,582 1,889,808 2,204,776 2,362,260 2,519,744 2,755,970 3,149,680 3,307,164 3,779,616 4,133,955 4,409,552 4,724,520 5,511,940 6,299,360 6,614,328 7,559,232 8,267,910 8,819,104 9,449,040 11,023,880 12,598,720 13,228,656 16,535,820 17,638,208 18,898,080 22,047,760 26,457,312 33,071,640 37,796,160 44,095,520 52,914,624 66,143,280 88,191,040 132,286,560 and 264,573,120, with no remainder.

Since 264,573,120 cannot be divided by just 1 and 264,573,120, 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).