Q: Is 272,857,872 a Composite Number?

Why is 272,857,872 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 272,857,872 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 21 24 28 42 48 49 56 84 98 112 147 168 196 294 336 343 392 588 686 784 1,029 1,176 1,372 2,058 2,352 2,744 4,116 5,488 8,232 16,464 16,573 33,146 49,719 66,292 99,438 116,011 132,584 198,876 232,022 265,168 348,033 397,752 464,044 696,066 795,504 812,077 928,088 1,392,132 1,624,154 1,856,176 2,436,231 2,784,264 3,248,308 4,872,462 5,568,528 5,684,539 6,496,616 9,744,924 11,369,078 12,993,232 17,053,617 19,489,848 22,738,156 34,107,234 38,979,696 45,476,312 68,214,468 90,952,624 136,428,936 and 272,857,872, with no remainder.

Since 272,857,872 cannot be divided by just 1 and 272,857,872, 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).