Q: Is 277,943,050 a Composite Number?

Why is 277,943,050 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 277,943,050 can be evenly divided by 1 2 5 7 10 11 14 22 25 35 50 55 70 77 110 121 154 175 242 275 350 385 550 605 770 847 1,210 1,694 1,925 3,025 3,850 4,235 6,050 6,563 8,470 13,126 21,175 32,815 42,350 45,941 65,630 72,193 91,882 144,386 164,075 229,705 328,150 360,965 459,410 505,351 721,930 794,123 1,010,702 1,148,525 1,588,246 1,804,825 2,297,050 2,526,755 3,609,650 3,970,615 5,053,510 5,558,861 7,941,230 11,117,722 12,633,775 19,853,075 25,267,550 27,794,305 39,706,150 55,588,610 138,971,525 and 277,943,050, with no remainder.

Since 277,943,050 cannot be divided by just 1 and 277,943,050, 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).