Q: Is 274,710,384 a Composite Number?

Why is 274,710,384 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 274,710,384 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 13 16 18 24 26 36 39 48 52 72 78 104 117 144 156 208 234 257 312 468 514 571 624 771 936 1,028 1,142 1,542 1,713 1,872 2,056 2,284 2,313 3,084 3,341 3,426 4,112 4,568 4,626 5,139 6,168 6,682 6,852 7,423 9,136 9,252 10,023 10,278 12,336 13,364 13,704 14,846 18,504 20,046 20,556 22,269 26,728 27,408 29,692 30,069 37,008 40,092 41,112 44,538 53,456 59,384 60,138 66,807 80,184 82,224 89,076 118,768 120,276 133,614 146,747 160,368 178,152 240,552 267,228 293,494 356,304 440,241 481,104 534,456 586,988 880,482 1,068,912 1,173,976 1,320,723 1,760,964 1,907,711 2,347,952 2,641,446 3,521,928 3,815,422 5,282,892 5,723,133 7,043,856 7,630,844 10,565,784 11,446,266 15,261,688 17,169,399 21,131,568 22,892,532 30,523,376 34,338,798 45,785,064 68,677,596 91,570,128 137,355,192 and 274,710,384, with no remainder.

Since 274,710,384 cannot be divided by just 1 and 274,710,384, 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).