Q: Is 274,872,320 a Composite Number?

Why is 274,872,320 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 274,872,320 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 16 17 20 32 34 40 64 68 80 85 128 136 160 170 256 272 320 340 512 544 640 680 1,024 1,088 1,280 1,360 1,579 2,048 2,176 2,560 2,720 3,158 4,352 5,120 5,440 6,316 7,895 8,704 10,240 10,880 12,632 15,790 17,408 21,760 25,264 26,843 31,580 34,816 43,520 50,528 53,686 63,160 87,040 101,056 107,372 126,320 134,215 174,080 202,112 214,744 252,640 268,430 404,224 429,488 505,280 536,860 808,448 858,976 1,010,560 1,073,720 1,616,896 1,717,952 2,021,120 2,147,440 3,233,792 3,435,904 4,042,240 4,294,880 6,871,808 8,084,480 8,589,760 13,743,616 16,168,960 17,179,520 27,487,232 34,359,040 54,974,464 68,718,080 137,436,160 and 274,872,320, with no remainder.

Since 274,872,320 cannot be divided by just 1 and 274,872,320, 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).