Q: Is 264,944,064 a Composite Number?

Why is 264,944,064 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 264,944,064 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 11 12 14 16 21 22 24 28 32 33 42 44 48 56 64 66 77 84 88 96 112 132 154 168 176 192 224 231 264 308 336 352 448 462 528 616 672 704 924 1,056 1,232 1,344 1,848 2,112 2,464 3,696 4,928 7,392 14,784 17,921 35,842 53,763 71,684 107,526 125,447 143,368 197,131 215,052 250,894 286,736 376,341 394,262 430,104 501,788 573,472 591,393 752,682 788,524 860,208 1,003,576 1,146,944 1,182,786 1,379,917 1,505,364 1,577,048 1,720,416 2,007,152 2,365,572 2,759,834 3,010,728 3,154,096 3,440,832 4,014,304 4,139,751 4,731,144 5,519,668 6,021,456 6,308,192 8,028,608 8,279,502 9,462,288 11,039,336 12,042,912 12,616,384 16,559,004 18,924,576 22,078,672 24,085,824 33,118,008 37,849,152 44,157,344 66,236,016 88,314,688 132,472,032 and 264,944,064, with no remainder.

Since 264,944,064 cannot be divided by just 1 and 264,944,064, 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).