Q: Is 271,115,676 a Composite Number?

Why is 271,115,676 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 271,115,676 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 13 18 26 36 39 52 78 79 117 156 158 234 237 316 468 474 711 948 1,027 1,422 2,054 2,844 3,081 4,108 6,162 7,333 9,243 12,324 14,666 18,486 21,999 29,332 36,972 43,998 65,997 87,996 95,329 131,994 190,658 263,988 285,987 381,316 571,974 579,307 857,961 1,143,948 1,158,614 1,715,922 1,737,921 2,317,228 3,431,844 3,475,842 5,213,763 6,951,684 7,530,991 10,427,526 15,061,982 20,855,052 22,592,973 30,123,964 45,185,946 67,778,919 90,371,892 135,557,838 and 271,115,676, with no remainder.

Since 271,115,676 cannot be divided by just 1 and 271,115,676, 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).