Q: Is 271,561,140 a Composite Number?

Why is 271,561,140 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 271,561,140 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 12 15 18 20 27 30 36 45 54 60 90 108 135 180 270 283 540 566 849 1,132 1,415 1,698 1,777 2,547 2,830 3,396 3,554 4,245 5,094 5,331 5,660 7,108 7,641 8,490 8,885 10,188 10,662 12,735 15,282 15,993 16,980 17,770 21,324 25,470 26,655 30,564 31,986 35,540 38,205 47,979 50,940 53,310 63,972 76,410 79,965 95,958 106,620 152,820 159,930 191,916 239,895 319,860 479,790 502,891 959,580 1,005,782 1,508,673 2,011,564 2,514,455 3,017,346 4,526,019 5,028,910 6,034,692 7,543,365 9,052,038 10,057,820 13,578,057 15,086,730 18,104,076 22,630,095 27,156,114 30,173,460 45,260,190 54,312,228 67,890,285 90,520,380 135,780,570 and 271,561,140, with no remainder.

Since 271,561,140 cannot be divided by just 1 and 271,561,140, 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).