Q: Is 274,717,152 a Composite Number?

Why is 274,717,152 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 274,717,152 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 23 24 32 36 46 48 67 69 72 92 96 134 138 144 184 201 207 268 276 288 368 402 414 536 552 603 619 736 804 828 1,072 1,104 1,206 1,238 1,541 1,608 1,656 1,857 2,144 2,208 2,412 2,476 3,082 3,216 3,312 3,714 4,623 4,824 4,952 5,571 6,164 6,432 6,624 7,428 9,246 9,648 9,904 11,142 12,328 13,869 14,237 14,856 18,492 19,296 19,808 22,284 24,656 27,738 28,474 29,712 36,984 41,473 42,711 44,568 49,312 55,476 56,948 59,424 73,968 82,946 85,422 89,136 110,952 113,896 124,419 128,133 147,936 165,892 170,844 178,272 221,904 227,792 248,838 256,266 331,784 341,688 373,257 443,808 455,584 497,676 512,532 663,568 683,376 746,514 953,879 995,352 1,025,064 1,327,136 1,366,752 1,493,028 1,907,758 1,990,704 2,050,128 2,861,637 2,986,056 3,815,516 3,981,408 4,100,256 5,723,274 5,972,112 7,631,032 8,584,911 11,446,548 11,944,224 15,262,064 17,169,822 22,893,096 30,524,128 34,339,644 45,786,192 68,679,288 91,572,384 137,358,576 and 274,717,152, with no remainder.

Since 274,717,152 cannot be divided by just 1 and 274,717,152, 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).