Q: Is 278,833,600 a Composite Number?

Why is 278,833,600 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 278,833,600 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 16 20 23 25 32 40 46 50 64 80 92 100 115 160 184 200 230 320 368 400 460 575 736 800 920 1,150 1,472 1,600 1,840 2,300 3,680 4,600 7,360 7,577 9,200 15,154 18,400 30,308 36,800 37,885 60,616 75,770 121,232 151,540 174,271 189,425 242,464 303,080 348,542 378,850 484,928 606,160 697,084 757,700 871,355 1,212,320 1,394,168 1,515,400 1,742,710 2,424,640 2,788,336 3,030,800 3,485,420 4,356,775 5,576,672 6,061,600 6,970,840 8,713,550 11,153,344 12,123,200 13,941,680 17,427,100 27,883,360 34,854,200 55,766,720 69,708,400 139,416,800 and 278,833,600, with no remainder.

Since 278,833,600 cannot be divided by just 1 and 278,833,600, 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).