Q: Is 271,211,328 a Composite Number?

Why is 271,211,328 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 271,211,328 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 27 32 36 48 54 64 72 81 96 108 144 162 192 216 243 288 324 432 486 576 648 729 864 972 1,296 1,458 1,728 1,944 2,592 2,916 3,888 5,184 5,813 5,832 7,776 11,626 11,664 15,552 17,439 23,252 23,328 34,878 46,504 46,656 52,317 69,756 93,008 104,634 139,512 156,951 186,016 209,268 279,024 313,902 372,032 418,536 470,853 558,048 627,804 837,072 941,706 1,116,096 1,255,608 1,412,559 1,674,144 1,883,412 2,511,216 2,825,118 3,348,288 3,766,824 4,237,677 5,022,432 5,650,236 7,533,648 8,475,354 10,044,864 11,300,472 15,067,296 16,950,708 22,600,944 30,134,592 33,901,416 45,201,888 67,802,832 90,403,776 135,605,664 and 271,211,328, with no remainder.

Since 271,211,328 cannot be divided by just 1 and 271,211,328, 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).