Q: Is 304,331,520 a Composite Number?

Why is 304,331,520 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 304,331,520 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 24 30 32 40 41 48 60 64 80 82 96 120 123 128 160 164 192 205 240 246 256 320 328 384 410 480 492 615 640 656 768 820 960 984 1,230 1,280 1,312 1,640 1,920 1,933 1,968 2,460 2,624 3,280 3,840 3,866 3,936 4,920 5,248 5,799 6,560 7,732 7,872 9,665 9,840 10,496 11,598 13,120 15,464 15,744 19,330 19,680 23,196 26,240 28,995 30,928 31,488 38,660 39,360 46,392 52,480 57,990 61,856 77,320 78,720 79,253 92,784 115,980 123,712 154,640 157,440 158,506 185,568 231,960 237,759 247,424 309,280 317,012 371,136 396,265 463,920 475,518 494,848 618,560 634,024 742,272 792,530 927,840 951,036 1,188,795 1,237,120 1,268,048 1,484,544 1,585,060 1,855,680 1,902,072 2,377,590 2,474,240 2,536,096 3,170,120 3,711,360 3,804,144 4,755,180 5,072,192 6,340,240 7,422,720 7,608,288 9,510,360 10,144,384 12,680,480 15,216,576 19,020,720 20,288,768 25,360,960 30,433,152 38,041,440 50,721,920 60,866,304 76,082,880 101,443,840 152,165,760 and 304,331,520, with no remainder.

Since 304,331,520 cannot be divided by just 1 and 304,331,520, 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).