Q: Is 273,067,236 a Composite Number?

Why is 273,067,236 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 273,067,236 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 13 18 26 36 39 52 53 78 101 106 109 117 156 159 202 212 218 234 303 318 327 404 436 468 477 606 636 654 689 909 954 981 1,212 1,308 1,313 1,378 1,417 1,818 1,908 1,962 2,067 2,626 2,756 2,834 3,636 3,924 3,939 4,134 4,251 5,252 5,353 5,668 5,777 6,201 7,878 8,268 8,502 10,706 11,009 11,554 11,817 12,402 12,753 15,756 16,059 17,004 17,331 21,412 22,018 23,108 23,634 24,804 25,506 32,118 33,027 34,662 44,036 47,268 48,177 51,012 51,993 64,236 66,054 69,324 69,589 75,101 96,354 99,081 103,986 132,108 139,178 143,117 150,202 192,708 198,162 207,972 208,767 225,303 278,356 286,234 300,404 396,324 417,534 429,351 450,606 572,468 583,477 626,301 675,909 835,068 858,702 901,212 1,166,954 1,252,602 1,288,053 1,351,818 1,717,404 1,750,431 2,333,908 2,505,204 2,576,106 2,703,636 3,500,862 5,152,212 5,251,293 7,001,724 7,585,201 10,502,586 15,170,402 21,005,172 22,755,603 30,340,804 45,511,206 68,266,809 91,022,412 136,533,618 and 273,067,236, with no remainder.

Since 273,067,236 cannot be divided by just 1 and 273,067,236, 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).