Q: Is 270,722,016 a Composite Number?

Why is 270,722,016 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 270,722,016 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 32 36 41 48 72 82 96 101 123 144 164 202 227 246 288 303 328 369 404 454 492 606 656 681 738 808 908 909 984 1,212 1,312 1,362 1,476 1,616 1,816 1,818 1,968 2,043 2,424 2,724 2,952 3,232 3,632 3,636 3,936 4,086 4,141 4,848 5,448 5,904 7,264 7,272 8,172 8,282 9,307 9,696 10,896 11,808 12,423 14,544 16,344 16,564 18,614 21,792 22,927 24,846 27,921 29,088 32,688 33,128 37,228 37,269 45,854 49,692 55,842 65,376 66,256 68,781 74,456 74,538 83,763 91,708 99,384 111,684 132,512 137,562 148,912 149,076 167,526 183,416 198,768 206,343 223,368 275,124 297,824 298,152 335,052 366,832 397,536 412,686 446,736 550,248 596,304 670,104 733,664 825,372 893,472 940,007 1,100,496 1,192,608 1,340,208 1,650,744 1,880,014 2,200,992 2,680,416 2,820,021 3,301,488 3,760,028 5,640,042 6,602,976 7,520,056 8,460,063 11,280,084 15,040,112 16,920,126 22,560,168 30,080,224 33,840,252 45,120,336 67,680,504 90,240,672 135,361,008 and 270,722,016, with no remainder.

Since 270,722,016 cannot be divided by just 1 and 270,722,016, 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).