Q: Is 271,304,352 a Composite Number?

Why is 271,304,352 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 271,304,352 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 11 12 16 18 22 24 32 33 36 44 48 66 72 88 96 99 132 144 176 198 264 288 352 396 528 792 1,056 1,584 3,168 85,639 171,278 256,917 342,556 513,834 685,112 770,751 942,029 1,027,668 1,370,224 1,541,502 1,884,058 2,055,336 2,740,448 2,826,087 3,083,004 3,768,116 4,110,672 5,652,174 6,166,008 7,536,232 8,221,344 8,478,261 11,304,348 12,332,016 15,072,464 16,956,522 22,608,696 24,664,032 30,144,928 33,913,044 45,217,392 67,826,088 90,434,784 135,652,176 and 271,304,352, with no remainder.

Since 271,304,352 cannot be divided by just 1 and 271,304,352, 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).