Q: Is 273,223,830 a Composite Number?

Why is 273,223,830 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 273,223,830 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 5 6 10 11 15 17 22 30 33 34 51 55 66 85 102 110 113 165 170 187 226 255 330 339 374 431 510 561 565 678 862 935 1,122 1,130 1,243 1,293 1,695 1,870 1,921 2,155 2,486 2,586 2,805 3,390 3,729 3,842 4,310 4,741 5,610 5,763 6,215 6,465 7,327 7,458 9,482 9,605 11,526 12,430 12,930 14,223 14,654 18,645 19,210 21,131 21,981 23,705 28,446 28,815 36,635 37,290 42,262 43,962 47,410 48,703 57,630 63,393 71,115 73,270 80,597 97,406 105,655 109,905 126,786 142,230 146,109 161,194 211,310 219,810 241,791 243,515 292,218 316,965 402,985 483,582 487,030 535,733 633,930 730,545 805,970 827,951 1,071,466 1,208,955 1,461,090 1,607,199 1,655,902 2,417,910 2,483,853 2,678,665 3,214,398 4,139,755 4,967,706 5,357,330 8,035,995 8,279,510 9,107,461 12,419,265 16,071,990 18,214,922 24,838,530 27,322,383 45,537,305 54,644,766 91,074,610 136,611,915 and 273,223,830, with no remainder.

Since 273,223,830 cannot be divided by just 1 and 273,223,830, 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).