Q: Is 276,027,024 a Composite Number?

Why is 276,027,024 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 276,027,024 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 13 14 16 21 24 26 28 39 42 48 52 56 78 84 91 104 112 156 168 169 182 208 273 312 336 338 364 507 546 624 676 728 1,014 1,092 1,183 1,352 1,456 2,028 2,184 2,366 2,704 3,549 4,056 4,368 4,732 4,861 7,098 8,112 9,464 9,722 14,196 14,583 18,928 19,444 28,392 29,166 34,027 38,888 56,784 58,332 63,193 68,054 77,776 102,081 116,664 126,386 136,108 189,579 204,162 233,328 252,772 272,216 379,158 408,324 442,351 505,544 544,432 758,316 816,648 821,509 884,702 1,011,088 1,327,053 1,516,632 1,633,296 1,643,018 1,769,404 2,464,527 2,654,106 3,033,264 3,286,036 3,538,808 4,929,054 5,308,212 5,750,563 6,572,072 7,077,616 9,858,108 10,616,424 11,501,126 13,144,144 17,251,689 19,716,216 21,232,848 23,002,252 34,503,378 39,432,432 46,004,504 69,006,756 92,009,008 138,013,512 and 276,027,024, with no remainder.

Since 276,027,024 cannot be divided by just 1 and 276,027,024, 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).