Q: Is 274,342,530 a Composite Number?

Why is 274,342,530 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 274,342,530 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 5 6 7 10 11 14 15 21 22 30 33 35 42 55 66 70 77 105 110 113 154 165 210 226 231 330 339 385 462 565 678 770 791 1,051 1,130 1,155 1,243 1,582 1,695 2,102 2,310 2,373 2,486 3,153 3,390 3,729 3,955 4,746 5,255 6,215 6,306 7,357 7,458 7,910 8,701 10,510 11,561 11,865 12,430 14,714 15,765 17,402 18,645 22,071 23,122 23,730 26,103 31,530 34,683 36,785 37,290 43,505 44,142 52,206 57,805 69,366 73,570 80,927 87,010 110,355 115,610 118,763 130,515 161,854 173,415 220,710 237,526 242,781 261,030 346,830 356,289 404,635 485,562 593,815 712,578 809,270 831,341 1,187,630 1,213,905 1,306,393 1,662,682 1,781,445 2,427,810 2,494,023 2,612,786 3,562,890 3,919,179 4,156,705 4,988,046 6,531,965 7,838,358 8,313,410 9,144,751 12,470,115 13,063,930 18,289,502 19,595,895 24,940,230 27,434,253 39,191,790 45,723,755 54,868,506 91,447,510 137,171,265 and 274,342,530, with no remainder.

Since 274,342,530 cannot be divided by just 1 and 274,342,530, 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).