Q: Is 277,115,820 a Composite Number?

Why is 277,115,820 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 277,115,820 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 10 12 15 20 30 31 60 62 93 124 155 186 310 372 383 389 465 620 766 778 930 1,149 1,167 1,532 1,556 1,860 1,915 1,945 2,298 2,334 3,830 3,890 4,596 4,668 5,745 5,835 7,660 7,780 11,490 11,670 11,873 12,059 22,980 23,340 23,746 24,118 35,619 36,177 47,492 48,236 59,365 60,295 71,238 72,354 118,730 120,590 142,476 144,708 148,987 178,095 180,885 237,460 241,180 297,974 356,190 361,770 446,961 595,948 712,380 723,540 744,935 893,922 1,489,870 1,787,844 2,234,805 2,979,740 4,469,610 4,618,597 8,939,220 9,237,194 13,855,791 18,474,388 23,092,985 27,711,582 46,185,970 55,423,164 69,278,955 92,371,940 138,557,910 and 277,115,820, with no remainder.

Since 277,115,820 cannot be divided by just 1 and 277,115,820, 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).