Q: Is 272,682,448 a Composite Number?

Why is 272,682,448 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 272,682,448 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 16 17 31 34 62 68 73 124 136 146 248 272 292 443 496 527 584 886 1,054 1,168 1,241 1,772 2,108 2,263 2,482 3,544 4,216 4,526 4,964 7,088 7,531 8,432 9,052 9,928 13,733 15,062 18,104 19,856 27,466 30,124 32,339 36,208 38,471 54,932 60,248 64,678 76,942 109,864 120,496 129,356 153,884 219,728 233,461 258,712 307,768 466,922 517,424 549,763 615,536 933,844 1,002,509 1,099,526 1,867,688 2,005,018 2,199,052 3,735,376 4,010,036 4,398,104 8,020,072 8,796,208 16,040,144 17,042,653 34,085,306 68,170,612 136,341,224 and 272,682,448, with no remainder.

Since 272,682,448 cannot be divided by just 1 and 272,682,448, 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).