Q: Is 271,747,116 a Composite Number?

Why is 271,747,116 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 271,747,116 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 18 23 27 31 36 46 54 62 69 92 93 108 124 138 186 207 276 279 372 414 558 621 713 828 837 1,116 1,242 1,426 1,674 2,139 2,484 2,852 3,348 3,529 4,278 6,417 7,058 8,556 10,587 12,834 14,116 19,251 21,174 25,668 31,761 38,502 42,348 63,522 77,004 81,167 95,283 109,399 127,044 162,334 190,566 218,798 243,501 324,668 328,197 381,132 437,596 487,002 656,394 730,503 974,004 984,591 1,312,788 1,461,006 1,969,182 2,191,509 2,516,177 2,922,012 2,953,773 3,938,364 4,383,018 5,032,354 5,907,546 7,548,531 8,766,036 10,064,708 11,815,092 15,097,062 22,645,593 30,194,124 45,291,186 67,936,779 90,582,372 135,873,558 and 271,747,116, with no remainder.

Since 271,747,116 cannot be divided by just 1 and 271,747,116, 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).