Q: Is 274,537,488 a Composite Number?

Why is 274,537,488 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 274,537,488 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 17 24 31 34 48 51 62 68 93 102 124 136 186 204 248 272 372 408 496 527 744 816 1,054 1,488 1,581 2,108 3,162 4,216 6,324 8,432 10,853 12,648 21,706 25,296 32,559 43,412 65,118 86,824 130,236 173,648 184,501 260,472 336,443 369,002 520,944 553,503 672,886 738,004 1,009,329 1,107,006 1,345,772 1,476,008 2,018,658 2,214,012 2,691,544 2,952,016 4,037,316 4,428,024 5,383,088 5,719,531 8,074,632 8,856,048 11,439,062 16,149,264 17,158,593 22,878,124 34,317,186 45,756,248 68,634,372 91,512,496 137,268,744 and 274,537,488, with no remainder.

Since 274,537,488 cannot be divided by just 1 and 274,537,488, 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).