Q: Is 272,125,152 a Composite Number?

Why is 272,125,152 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 272,125,152 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 13 16 18 24 26 32 36 39 48 52 72 78 96 104 117 144 156 169 208 234 288 312 338 416 468 507 624 676 936 1,014 1,248 1,352 1,521 1,872 2,028 2,704 3,042 3,744 4,056 5,408 5,591 6,084 8,112 11,182 12,168 16,224 16,773 22,364 24,336 33,546 44,728 48,672 50,319 67,092 72,683 89,456 100,638 134,184 145,366 178,912 201,276 218,049 268,368 290,732 402,552 436,098 536,736 581,464 654,147 805,104 872,196 944,879 1,162,928 1,308,294 1,610,208 1,744,392 1,889,758 2,325,856 2,616,588 2,834,637 3,488,784 3,779,516 5,233,176 5,669,274 6,977,568 7,559,032 8,503,911 10,466,352 11,338,548 15,118,064 17,007,822 20,932,704 22,677,096 30,236,128 34,015,644 45,354,192 68,031,288 90,708,384 136,062,576 and 272,125,152, with no remainder.

Since 272,125,152 cannot be divided by just 1 and 272,125,152, 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).