Q: Is 264,651,264 a Composite Number?

Why is 264,651,264 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 264,651,264 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 32 36 48 64 72 79 96 128 144 158 192 237 256 288 316 384 474 512 576 632 711 727 768 948 1,152 1,264 1,422 1,454 1,536 1,896 2,181 2,304 2,528 2,844 2,908 3,792 4,362 4,608 5,056 5,688 5,816 6,543 7,584 8,724 10,112 11,376 11,632 13,086 15,168 17,448 20,224 22,752 23,264 26,172 30,336 34,896 40,448 45,504 46,528 52,344 57,433 60,672 69,792 91,008 93,056 104,688 114,866 121,344 139,584 172,299 182,016 186,112 209,376 229,732 279,168 344,598 364,032 372,224 418,752 459,464 516,897 558,336 689,196 837,504 918,928 1,033,794 1,116,672 1,378,392 1,675,008 1,837,856 2,067,588 2,756,784 3,350,016 3,675,712 4,135,176 5,513,568 7,351,424 8,270,352 11,027,136 14,702,848 16,540,704 22,054,272 29,405,696 33,081,408 44,108,544 66,162,816 88,217,088 132,325,632 and 264,651,264, with no remainder.

Since 264,651,264 cannot be divided by just 1 and 264,651,264, 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).