Q: Is 276,227,072 a Composite Number?

Why is 276,227,072 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 276,227,072 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 11 16 22 32 44 64 88 128 137 176 179 256 274 352 358 512 548 704 716 1,024 1,096 1,408 1,432 1,507 1,969 2,192 2,816 2,864 3,014 3,938 4,384 5,632 5,728 6,028 7,876 8,768 11,264 11,456 12,056 15,752 17,536 22,912 24,112 24,523 31,504 35,072 45,824 48,224 49,046 63,008 70,144 91,648 96,448 98,092 126,016 140,288 183,296 192,896 196,184 252,032 269,753 385,792 392,368 504,064 539,506 771,584 784,736 1,008,128 1,079,012 1,543,168 1,569,472 2,016,256 2,158,024 3,138,944 4,316,048 6,277,888 8,632,096 12,555,776 17,264,192 25,111,552 34,528,384 69,056,768 138,113,536 and 276,227,072, with no remainder.

Since 276,227,072 cannot be divided by just 1 and 276,227,072, 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).