Q: Is 276,637,104 a Composite Number?

Why is 276,637,104 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 276,637,104 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 36 48 53 67 72 106 134 144 159 201 212 268 318 402 424 477 536 541 603 636 804 848 954 1,072 1,082 1,206 1,272 1,608 1,623 1,908 2,164 2,412 2,544 3,216 3,246 3,551 3,816 4,328 4,824 4,869 6,492 7,102 7,632 8,656 9,648 9,738 10,653 12,984 14,204 19,476 21,306 25,968 28,408 28,673 31,959 36,247 38,952 42,612 56,816 57,346 63,918 72,494 77,904 85,224 86,019 108,741 114,692 127,836 144,988 170,448 172,038 217,482 229,384 255,672 258,057 289,976 326,223 344,076 434,964 458,768 511,344 516,114 579,952 652,446 688,152 869,928 1,032,228 1,304,892 1,376,304 1,739,856 1,921,091 2,064,456 2,609,784 3,842,182 4,128,912 5,219,568 5,763,273 7,684,364 11,526,546 15,368,728 17,289,819 23,053,092 30,737,456 34,579,638 46,106,184 69,159,276 92,212,368 138,318,552 and 276,637,104, with no remainder.

Since 276,637,104 cannot be divided by just 1 and 276,637,104, 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).