Q: Is 274,547,780 a Composite Number?

Why is 274,547,780 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 274,547,780 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 10 13 20 23 26 31 46 52 62 65 92 115 124 130 155 230 260 299 310 403 460 598 620 713 806 1,196 1,426 1,481 1,495 1,612 2,015 2,852 2,962 2,990 3,565 4,030 5,924 5,980 7,130 7,405 8,060 9,269 14,260 14,810 18,538 19,253 29,620 34,063 37,076 38,506 45,911 46,345 68,126 77,012 91,822 92,690 96,265 136,252 170,315 183,644 185,380 192,530 229,555 340,630 385,060 442,819 459,110 596,843 681,260 885,638 918,220 1,055,953 1,193,686 1,771,276 2,111,906 2,214,095 2,387,372 2,984,215 4,223,812 4,428,190 5,279,765 5,968,430 8,856,380 10,559,530 11,936,860 13,727,389 21,119,060 27,454,778 54,909,556 68,636,945 137,273,890 and 274,547,780, with no remainder.

Since 274,547,780 cannot be divided by just 1 and 274,547,780, 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).