Q: Is 274,506,848 a Composite Number?

Why is 274,506,848 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 274,506,848 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 11 14 16 22 28 32 37 44 56 74 77 88 112 148 154 176 224 259 296 308 352 407 518 592 616 814 1,036 1,184 1,232 1,628 2,072 2,464 2,849 3,011 3,256 4,144 5,698 6,022 6,512 8,288 11,396 12,044 13,024 21,077 22,792 24,088 33,121 42,154 45,584 48,176 66,242 84,308 91,168 96,352 111,407 132,484 168,616 222,814 231,847 264,968 337,232 445,628 463,694 529,936 674,464 779,849 891,256 927,388 1,059,872 1,225,477 1,559,698 1,782,512 1,854,776 2,450,954 3,119,396 3,565,024 3,709,552 4,901,908 6,238,792 7,419,104 8,578,339 9,803,816 12,477,584 17,156,678 19,607,632 24,955,168 34,313,356 39,215,264 68,626,712 137,253,424 and 274,506,848, with no remainder.

Since 274,506,848 cannot be divided by just 1 and 274,506,848, 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).