Q: Is 271,358,724 a Composite Number?

Why is 271,358,724 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 271,358,724 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 12 13 14 21 26 28 39 42 43 52 78 84 86 91 129 156 172 182 258 273 301 364 516 546 559 602 903 1,092 1,118 1,204 1,677 1,806 2,236 3,354 3,612 3,913 5,779 6,708 7,826 11,558 11,739 15,652 17,337 23,116 23,478 34,674 40,453 46,956 69,348 75,127 80,906 121,359 150,254 161,812 225,381 242,718 248,497 300,508 450,762 485,436 496,994 525,889 745,491 901,524 993,988 1,051,778 1,490,982 1,577,667 1,739,479 2,103,556 2,981,964 3,155,334 3,230,461 3,478,958 5,218,437 6,310,668 6,460,922 6,957,916 9,691,383 10,436,874 12,921,844 19,382,766 20,873,748 22,613,227 38,765,532 45,226,454 67,839,681 90,452,908 135,679,362 and 271,358,724, with no remainder.

Since 271,358,724 cannot be divided by just 1 and 271,358,724, 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).