Q: Is 307,437,228 a Composite Number?

Why is 307,437,228 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 307,437,228 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 9 12 14 18 21 23 27 28 36 42 46 54 63 69 84 92 108 126 138 161 189 207 252 276 322 378 414 483 621 644 756 828 966 1,242 1,449 1,932 2,484 2,898 4,347 5,796 8,694 17,388 17,681 35,362 53,043 70,724 106,086 123,767 159,129 212,172 247,534 318,258 371,301 406,663 477,387 495,068 636,516 742,602 813,326 954,774 1,113,903 1,219,989 1,485,204 1,626,652 1,909,548 2,227,806 2,439,978 2,846,641 3,341,709 3,659,967 4,455,612 4,879,956 5,693,282 6,683,418 7,319,934 8,539,923 10,979,901 11,386,564 13,366,836 14,639,868 17,079,846 21,959,802 25,619,769 34,159,692 43,919,604 51,239,538 76,859,307 102,479,076 153,718,614 and 307,437,228, with no remainder.

Since 307,437,228 cannot be divided by just 1 and 307,437,228, 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).