Q: Is 276,423,147 a Composite Number?

Why is 276,423,147 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 276,423,147 can be evenly divided by 1 3 7 9 11 13 21 33 39 61 63 77 91 99 117 143 183 231 273 427 429 503 549 671 693 793 819 1,001 1,281 1,287 1,509 2,013 2,379 3,003 3,521 3,843 4,527 4,697 5,533 5,551 6,039 6,539 7,137 8,723 9,009 10,563 14,091 16,599 16,653 19,617 26,169 30,683 31,689 38,731 42,273 45,773 49,797 49,959 58,851 61,061 71,929 78,507 92,049 116,193 137,319 183,183 214,781 215,787 276,147 337,513 348,579 398,879 411,957 503,503 549,549 644,343 647,361 1,012,539 1,196,637 1,510,509 1,933,029 2,362,591 2,792,153 3,037,617 3,589,911 4,387,669 4,531,527 7,087,773 8,376,459 13,163,007 21,263,319 25,129,377 30,713,683 39,489,021 92,141,049 and 276,423,147, with no remainder.

Since 276,423,147 cannot be divided by just 1 and 276,423,147, 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).