Q: Is 307,454,004 a Composite Number?

Why is 307,454,004 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 307,454,004 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 11 12 13 18 22 26 33 36 39 44 52 66 78 99 117 132 143 156 198 234 286 396 429 468 572 858 1,287 1,716 2,574 5,148 59,723 119,446 179,169 238,892 358,338 537,507 656,953 716,676 776,399 1,075,014 1,313,906 1,552,798 1,970,859 2,150,028 2,329,197 2,627,812 3,105,596 3,941,718 4,658,394 5,912,577 6,987,591 7,883,436 8,540,389 9,316,788 11,825,154 13,975,182 17,080,778 23,650,308 25,621,167 27,950,364 34,161,556 51,242,334 76,863,501 102,484,668 153,727,002 and 307,454,004, with no remainder.

Since 307,454,004 cannot be divided by just 1 and 307,454,004, 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).