Q: Is 30,288,888 a Composite Number?

Why is 30,288,888 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 30,288,888 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 18 19 21 24 28 36 38 42 56 57 63 72 76 84 114 126 133 152 168 171 228 252 266 342 399 456 504 532 684 798 1,064 1,197 1,368 1,596 2,394 3,163 3,192 4,788 6,326 9,489 9,576 12,652 18,978 22,141 25,304 28,467 37,956 44,282 56,934 60,097 66,423 75,912 88,564 113,868 120,194 132,846 177,128 180,291 199,269 227,736 240,388 265,692 360,582 398,538 420,679 480,776 531,384 540,873 721,164 797,076 841,358 1,081,746 1,262,037 1,442,328 1,594,152 1,682,716 2,163,492 2,524,074 3,365,432 3,786,111 4,326,984 5,048,148 7,572,222 10,096,296 15,144,444 and 30,288,888, with no remainder.

Since 30,288,888 cannot be divided by just 1 and 30,288,888, 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).