Q: Is 275,207,880 a Composite Number?

Why is 275,207,880 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 275,207,880 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 20 23 24 30 40 46 60 69 92 115 120 138 184 230 276 345 460 552 690 920 1,380 2,760 99,713 199,426 299,139 398,852 498,565 598,278 797,704 997,130 1,196,556 1,495,695 1,994,260 2,293,399 2,393,112 2,991,390 3,988,520 4,586,798 5,982,780 6,880,197 9,173,596 11,466,995 11,965,560 13,760,394 18,347,192 22,933,990 27,520,788 34,400,985 45,867,980 55,041,576 68,801,970 91,735,960 137,603,940 and 275,207,880, with no remainder.

Since 275,207,880 cannot be divided by just 1 and 275,207,880, 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).