Q: Is 300,203,008 a Composite Number?

Why is 300,203,008 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 300,203,008 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 16 28 31 32 49 56 62 64 98 112 124 128 193 196 217 224 248 256 386 392 434 448 496 512 772 784 868 896 992 1,024 1,351 1,519 1,544 1,568 1,736 1,792 1,984 2,702 3,038 3,088 3,136 3,472 3,584 3,968 5,404 5,983 6,076 6,176 6,272 6,944 7,168 7,936 9,457 10,808 11,966 12,152 12,352 12,544 13,888 15,872 18,914 21,616 23,932 24,304 24,704 25,088 27,776 31,744 37,828 41,881 43,232 47,864 48,608 49,408 50,176 55,552 75,656 83,762 86,464 95,728 97,216 98,816 111,104 151,312 167,524 172,928 191,456 194,432 197,632 222,208 293,167 302,624 335,048 345,856 382,912 388,864 586,334 605,248 670,096 691,712 765,824 777,728 1,172,668 1,210,496 1,340,192 1,383,424 1,531,648 1,555,456 2,345,336 2,420,992 2,680,384 3,063,296 4,690,672 4,841,984 5,360,768 6,126,592 9,381,344 9,683,968 10,721,536 18,762,688 21,443,072 37,525,376 42,886,144 75,050,752 150,101,504 and 300,203,008, with no remainder.

Since 300,203,008 cannot be divided by just 1 and 300,203,008, 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).