Q: Is 268,276,272 a Composite Number?

Why is 268,276,272 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 268,276,272 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 11 12 16 22 24 33 44 48 66 88 103 132 176 206 264 309 412 528 618 824 1,133 1,236 1,648 2,266 2,472 3,399 4,532 4,933 4,944 6,798 9,064 9,866 13,596 14,799 18,128 19,732 27,192 29,598 39,464 54,263 54,384 59,196 78,928 108,526 118,392 162,789 217,052 236,784 325,578 434,104 508,099 651,156 868,208 1,016,198 1,302,312 1,524,297 2,032,396 2,604,624 3,048,594 4,064,792 5,589,089 6,097,188 8,129,584 11,178,178 12,194,376 16,767,267 22,356,356 24,388,752 33,534,534 44,712,712 67,069,068 89,425,424 134,138,136 and 268,276,272, with no remainder.

Since 268,276,272 cannot be divided by just 1 and 268,276,272, 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).