Q: Is 274,700,244 a Composite Number?

Why is 274,700,244 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 274,700,244 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 12 13 14 21 26 28 39 42 52 78 84 91 107 156 182 214 273 321 364 428 546 642 749 1,092 1,284 1,391 1,498 2,247 2,351 2,782 2,996 4,173 4,494 4,702 5,564 7,053 8,346 8,988 9,404 9,737 14,106 16,457 16,692 19,474 28,212 29,211 30,563 32,914 38,948 49,371 58,422 61,126 65,828 91,689 98,742 116,844 122,252 183,378 197,484 213,941 251,557 366,756 427,882 503,114 641,823 754,671 855,764 1,006,228 1,283,646 1,509,342 1,760,899 2,567,292 3,018,684 3,270,241 3,521,798 5,282,697 6,540,482 7,043,596 9,810,723 10,565,394 13,080,964 19,621,446 21,130,788 22,891,687 39,242,892 45,783,374 68,675,061 91,566,748 137,350,122 and 274,700,244, with no remainder.

Since 274,700,244 cannot be divided by just 1 and 274,700,244, 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).