Q: Is 275,150,016 a Composite Number?

Why is 275,150,016 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 275,150,016 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 32 36 41 48 61 64 72 82 96 122 123 144 164 183 191 192 244 246 288 328 366 369 382 488 492 549 573 576 656 732 738 764 976 984 1,098 1,146 1,312 1,464 1,476 1,528 1,719 1,952 1,968 2,196 2,292 2,501 2,624 2,928 2,952 3,056 3,438 3,904 3,936 4,392 4,584 5,002 5,856 5,904 6,112 6,876 7,503 7,831 7,872 8,784 9,168 10,004 11,651 11,712 11,808 12,224 13,752 15,006 15,662 17,568 18,336 20,008 22,509 23,302 23,493 23,616 27,504 30,012 31,324 34,953 35,136 36,672 40,016 45,018 46,604 46,986 55,008 60,024 62,648 69,906 70,479 80,032 90,036 93,208 93,972 104,859 110,016 120,048 125,296 139,812 140,958 160,064 180,072 186,416 187,944 209,718 240,096 250,592 279,624 281,916 360,144 372,832 375,888 419,436 477,691 480,192 501,184 559,248 563,832 720,288 745,664 751,776 838,872 955,382 1,118,496 1,127,664 1,433,073 1,440,576 1,503,552 1,677,744 1,910,764 2,236,992 2,255,328 2,866,146 3,355,488 3,821,528 4,299,219 4,510,656 5,732,292 6,710,976 7,643,056 8,598,438 11,464,584 15,286,112 17,196,876 22,929,168 30,572,224 34,393,752 45,858,336 68,787,504 91,716,672 137,575,008 and 275,150,016, with no remainder.

Since 275,150,016 cannot be divided by just 1 and 275,150,016, 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).