Q: Is 278,703,018 a Composite Number?

Why is 278,703,018 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 278,703,018 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 11 18 22 27 33 37 54 66 74 81 99 111 162 198 222 243 297 333 407 486 594 666 814 891 999 1,221 1,409 1,782 1,998 2,442 2,673 2,818 2,997 3,663 4,227 5,346 5,994 7,326 8,454 8,991 10,989 12,681 15,499 17,982 21,978 25,362 30,998 32,967 38,043 46,497 52,133 65,934 76,086 92,994 98,901 104,266 114,129 139,491 156,399 197,802 228,258 278,982 312,798 342,387 418,473 469,197 573,463 684,774 836,946 938,394 1,146,926 1,255,419 1,407,591 1,720,389 2,510,838 2,815,182 3,440,778 3,766,257 4,222,773 5,161,167 7,532,514 8,445,546 10,322,334 12,668,319 15,483,501 25,336,638 30,967,002 46,450,503 92,901,006 139,351,509 and 278,703,018, with no remainder.

Since 278,703,018 cannot be divided by just 1 and 278,703,018, 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).