Q: Is 304,422,624 a Composite Number?

Why is 304,422,624 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 304,422,624 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 11 12 16 18 22 24 27 32 33 36 44 48 54 66 72 81 88 96 99 108 132 144 162 176 198 216 243 264 288 297 324 352 396 432 486 528 594 648 792 864 891 972 1,056 1,188 1,296 1,584 1,782 1,944 2,376 2,592 2,673 3,168 3,559 3,564 3,888 4,752 5,346 7,118 7,128 7,776 9,504 10,677 10,692 14,236 14,256 21,354 21,384 28,472 28,512 32,031 39,149 42,708 42,768 56,944 64,062 78,298 85,416 85,536 96,093 113,888 117,447 128,124 156,596 170,832 192,186 234,894 256,248 288,279 313,192 341,664 352,341 384,372 469,788 512,496 576,558 626,384 704,682 768,744 864,837 939,576 1,024,992 1,057,023 1,153,116 1,252,768 1,409,364 1,537,488 1,729,674 1,879,152 2,114,046 2,306,232 2,818,728 3,074,976 3,171,069 3,459,348 3,758,304 4,228,092 4,612,464 5,637,456 6,342,138 6,918,696 8,456,184 9,224,928 9,513,207 11,274,912 12,684,276 13,837,392 16,912,368 19,026,414 25,368,552 27,674,784 33,824,736 38,052,828 50,737,104 76,105,656 101,474,208 152,211,312 and 304,422,624, with no remainder.

Since 304,422,624 cannot be divided by just 1 and 304,422,624, 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).