Q: Is 270,760,608 a Composite Number?

Why is 270,760,608 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 270,760,608 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 32 36 47 48 72 83 94 96 141 144 166 188 241 249 282 288 332 376 423 482 498 564 664 723 747 752 846 964 996 1,128 1,328 1,446 1,494 1,504 1,692 1,928 1,992 2,169 2,256 2,656 2,892 2,988 3,384 3,856 3,901 3,984 4,338 4,512 5,784 5,976 6,768 7,712 7,802 7,968 8,676 11,327 11,568 11,703 11,952 13,536 15,604 17,352 20,003 22,654 23,136 23,406 23,904 31,208 33,981 34,704 35,109 40,006 45,308 46,812 60,009 62,416 67,962 69,408 70,218 80,012 90,616 93,624 101,943 120,018 124,832 135,924 140,436 160,024 180,027 181,232 187,248 203,886 240,036 271,848 280,872 320,048 360,054 362,464 374,496 407,772 480,072 543,696 561,744 640,096 720,108 815,544 940,141 960,144 1,087,392 1,123,488 1,440,216 1,631,088 1,880,282 1,920,288 2,820,423 2,880,432 3,262,176 3,760,564 5,640,846 5,760,864 7,521,128 8,461,269 11,281,692 15,042,256 16,922,538 22,563,384 30,084,512 33,845,076 45,126,768 67,690,152 90,253,536 135,380,304 and 270,760,608, with no remainder.

Since 270,760,608 cannot be divided by just 1 and 270,760,608, 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).