Q: Is 272,837,112 a Composite Number?

Why is 272,837,112 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 272,837,112 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 19 24 37 38 57 74 76 103 111 114 148 152 157 206 222 228 296 309 314 412 444 456 471 618 628 703 824 888 942 1,236 1,256 1,406 1,884 1,957 2,109 2,472 2,812 2,983 3,768 3,811 3,914 4,218 5,624 5,809 5,871 5,966 7,622 7,828 8,436 8,949 11,433 11,618 11,742 11,932 15,244 15,656 16,171 16,872 17,427 17,898 22,866 23,236 23,484 23,864 30,488 32,342 34,854 35,796 45,732 46,472 46,968 48,513 64,684 69,708 71,592 72,409 91,464 97,026 110,371 129,368 139,416 144,818 194,052 217,227 220,742 289,636 307,249 331,113 388,104 434,454 441,484 579,272 598,327 614,498 662,226 868,908 882,968 921,747 1,196,654 1,228,996 1,324,452 1,737,816 1,794,981 1,843,494 2,393,308 2,457,992 2,648,904 3,589,962 3,686,988 4,786,616 7,179,924 7,373,976 11,368,213 14,359,848 22,736,426 34,104,639 45,472,852 68,209,278 90,945,704 136,418,556 and 272,837,112, with no remainder.

Since 272,837,112 cannot be divided by just 1 and 272,837,112, 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).