Q: Is 304,243,002 a Composite Number?

Why is 304,243,002 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 304,243,002 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 9 14 18 21 29 42 53 58 63 87 106 126 159 174 203 261 318 371 406 477 522 609 742 954 1,113 1,218 1,537 1,571 1,827 2,226 3,074 3,142 3,339 3,654 4,611 4,713 6,678 9,222 9,426 10,759 10,997 13,833 14,139 21,518 21,994 27,666 28,278 32,277 32,991 45,559 64,554 65,982 83,263 91,118 96,831 98,973 136,677 166,526 193,662 197,946 249,789 273,354 318,913 410,031 499,578 582,841 637,826 749,367 820,062 956,739 1,165,682 1,498,734 1,748,523 1,913,478 2,414,627 2,870,217 3,497,046 4,829,254 5,245,569 5,740,434 7,243,881 10,491,138 14,487,762 16,902,389 21,731,643 33,804,778 43,463,286 50,707,167 101,414,334 152,121,501 and 304,243,002, with no remainder.

Since 304,243,002 cannot be divided by just 1 and 304,243,002, 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).