Q: Is 273,131,700 a Composite Number?

Why is 273,131,700 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 273,131,700 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 10 12 15 20 25 30 31 43 50 60 62 75 86 93 100 124 129 150 155 172 186 215 258 300 310 372 430 465 516 620 645 683 775 860 930 1,075 1,290 1,333 1,366 1,550 1,860 2,049 2,150 2,325 2,580 2,666 2,732 3,100 3,225 3,415 3,999 4,098 4,300 4,650 5,332 6,450 6,665 6,830 7,998 8,196 9,300 10,245 12,900 13,330 13,660 15,996 17,075 19,995 20,490 21,173 26,660 29,369 33,325 34,150 39,990 40,980 42,346 51,225 58,738 63,519 66,650 68,300 79,980 84,692 88,107 99,975 102,450 105,865 117,476 127,038 133,300 146,845 176,214 199,950 204,900 211,730 254,076 293,690 317,595 352,428 399,900 423,460 440,535 529,325 587,380 635,190 734,225 881,070 910,439 1,058,650 1,270,380 1,468,450 1,587,975 1,762,140 1,820,878 2,117,300 2,202,675 2,731,317 2,936,900 3,175,950 3,641,756 4,405,350 4,552,195 5,462,634 6,351,900 8,810,700 9,104,390 10,925,268 13,656,585 18,208,780 22,760,975 27,313,170 45,521,950 54,626,340 68,282,925 91,043,900 136,565,850 and 273,131,700, with no remainder.

Since 273,131,700 cannot be divided by just 1 and 273,131,700, 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).