Q: Is 272,616,820 a Composite Number?

Why is 272,616,820 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 272,616,820 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 10 14 20 28 29 35 58 70 83 116 140 145 166 203 290 332 406 415 580 581 809 812 830 1,015 1,162 1,618 1,660 2,030 2,324 2,407 2,905 3,236 4,045 4,060 4,814 5,663 5,810 8,090 9,628 11,326 11,620 12,035 16,180 16,849 22,652 23,461 24,070 28,315 33,698 46,922 48,140 56,630 67,147 67,396 84,245 93,844 113,260 117,305 134,294 164,227 168,490 234,610 268,588 328,454 335,735 336,980 469,220 470,029 656,908 671,470 821,135 940,058 1,342,940 1,642,270 1,880,116 1,947,263 2,350,145 3,284,540 3,894,526 4,700,290 7,789,052 9,400,580 9,736,315 13,630,841 19,472,630 27,261,682 38,945,260 54,523,364 68,154,205 136,308,410 and 272,616,820, with no remainder.

Since 272,616,820 cannot be divided by just 1 and 272,616,820, 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).