Q: Is 271,079,748 a Composite Number?

Why is 271,079,748 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 271,079,748 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 18 23 31 36 46 59 62 69 92 93 118 124 138 177 179 186 207 236 276 279 354 358 372 414 531 537 558 708 713 716 828 1,062 1,074 1,116 1,357 1,426 1,611 1,829 2,124 2,139 2,148 2,714 2,852 3,222 3,658 4,071 4,117 4,278 5,428 5,487 5,549 6,417 6,444 7,316 8,142 8,234 8,556 10,561 10,974 11,098 12,213 12,351 12,834 16,284 16,461 16,468 16,647 21,122 21,948 22,196 24,426 24,702 25,668 31,683 32,922 33,294 37,053 42,067 42,244 48,852 49,404 49,941 63,366 65,844 66,588 74,106 84,134 95,049 99,882 126,201 126,732 127,627 148,212 168,268 190,098 199,764 242,903 252,402 255,254 327,391 378,603 380,196 382,881 485,806 504,804 510,508 654,782 728,709 757,206 765,762 971,612 982,173 1,148,643 1,309,564 1,457,418 1,514,412 1,531,524 1,964,346 2,186,127 2,297,286 2,914,836 2,946,519 3,928,692 4,372,254 4,594,572 5,893,038 7,529,993 8,744,508 11,786,076 15,059,986 22,589,979 30,119,972 45,179,958 67,769,937 90,359,916 135,539,874 and 271,079,748, with no remainder.

Since 271,079,748 cannot be divided by just 1 and 271,079,748, 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).