Q: Is 304,521,252 a Composite Number?

Why is 304,521,252 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 304,521,252 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 12 14 21 28 42 53 73 84 106 146 159 212 219 292 318 371 438 511 636 742 876 937 1,022 1,113 1,484 1,533 1,874 2,044 2,226 2,811 3,066 3,748 3,869 4,452 5,622 6,132 6,559 7,738 11,244 11,607 13,118 15,476 19,677 23,214 26,236 27,083 39,354 46,428 49,661 54,166 68,401 78,708 81,249 99,322 108,332 136,802 148,983 162,498 198,644 205,203 273,604 297,966 324,996 347,627 410,406 478,807 595,932 695,254 820,812 957,614 1,042,881 1,390,508 1,436,421 1,915,228 2,085,762 2,872,842 3,625,253 4,171,524 5,745,684 7,250,506 10,875,759 14,501,012 21,751,518 25,376,771 43,503,036 50,753,542 76,130,313 101,507,084 152,260,626 and 304,521,252, with no remainder.

Since 304,521,252 cannot be divided by just 1 and 304,521,252, 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).