Q: Is 274,731,732 a Composite Number?

Why is 274,731,732 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 274,731,732 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 11 12 18 22 29 33 36 44 47 58 66 87 94 99 116 132 141 174 188 198 261 282 319 348 396 423 509 517 522 564 638 846 957 1,018 1,034 1,044 1,276 1,363 1,527 1,551 1,692 1,914 2,036 2,068 2,726 2,871 3,054 3,102 3,828 4,089 4,581 4,653 5,452 5,599 5,742 6,108 6,204 8,178 9,162 9,306 11,198 11,484 12,267 14,761 14,993 16,356 16,797 18,324 18,612 22,396 23,923 24,534 29,522 29,986 33,594 44,283 44,979 47,846 49,068 50,391 59,044 59,972 67,188 71,769 88,566 89,958 95,692 100,782 132,849 134,937 143,538 162,371 177,132 179,916 201,564 215,307 263,153 265,698 269,874 287,076 324,742 430,614 487,113 526,306 531,396 539,748 649,484 693,767 789,459 861,228 974,226 1,052,612 1,387,534 1,461,339 1,578,918 1,948,452 2,081,301 2,368,377 2,775,068 2,922,678 3,157,836 4,162,602 4,736,754 5,845,356 6,243,903 7,631,437 8,325,204 9,473,508 12,487,806 15,262,874 22,894,311 24,975,612 30,525,748 45,788,622 68,682,933 91,577,244 137,365,866 and 274,731,732, with no remainder.

Since 274,731,732 cannot be divided by just 1 and 274,731,732, 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).