Q: Is 272,540,202 a Composite Number?

Why is 272,540,202 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 272,540,202 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 11 22 23 29 33 41 46 58 66 69 82 87 123 138 151 174 246 253 302 319 451 453 506 638 667 759 902 906 943 957 1,189 1,334 1,353 1,518 1,661 1,886 1,914 2,001 2,378 2,706 2,829 3,322 3,473 3,567 4,002 4,379 4,983 5,658 6,191 6,946 7,134 7,337 8,758 9,966 10,373 10,419 12,382 13,079 13,137 14,674 18,573 20,746 20,838 22,011 26,158 26,274 27,347 31,119 37,146 38,203 39,237 44,022 48,169 54,694 62,238 68,101 76,406 78,474 82,041 96,338 100,717 114,609 136,202 142,393 144,507 164,082 179,539 201,434 204,303 229,218 284,786 289,014 300,817 302,151 359,078 408,606 427,179 538,617 601,634 604,302 854,358 902,451 1,077,234 1,107,887 1,566,323 1,804,902 1,974,929 2,215,774 3,132,646 3,323,661 3,949,858 4,129,397 4,698,969 5,924,787 6,647,322 8,258,794 9,397,938 11,849,574 12,388,191 24,776,382 45,423,367 90,846,734 136,270,101 and 272,540,202, with no remainder.

Since 272,540,202 cannot be divided by just 1 and 272,540,202, 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).