Q: Is 296,486,976 a Composite Number?

Why is 296,486,976 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 296,486,976 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 24 31 32 48 62 64 93 96 109 124 186 192 218 248 327 372 436 457 496 654 744 872 914 992 1,308 1,371 1,488 1,744 1,828 1,984 2,616 2,742 2,976 3,379 3,488 3,656 5,232 5,484 5,952 6,758 6,976 7,312 10,137 10,464 10,968 13,516 14,167 14,624 20,274 20,928 21,936 27,032 28,334 29,248 40,548 42,501 43,872 49,813 54,064 56,668 81,096 85,002 87,744 99,626 108,128 113,336 149,439 162,192 170,004 199,252 216,256 226,672 298,878 324,384 340,008 398,504 453,344 597,756 648,768 680,016 797,008 906,688 1,195,512 1,360,032 1,544,203 1,594,016 2,391,024 2,720,064 3,088,406 3,188,032 4,632,609 4,782,048 6,176,812 9,265,218 9,564,096 12,353,624 18,530,436 24,707,248 37,060,872 49,414,496 74,121,744 98,828,992 148,243,488 and 296,486,976, with no remainder.

Since 296,486,976 cannot be divided by just 1 and 296,486,976, 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).