Q: Is 307,745,424 a Composite Number?

Why is 307,745,424 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 307,745,424 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 16 17 18 21 24 28 34 36 42 48 51 56 63 68 72 84 102 112 119 126 136 144 153 168 204 238 252 272 306 336 357 408 476 504 612 714 816 952 1,008 1,071 1,224 1,428 1,904 2,142 2,448 2,856 4,284 5,712 8,568 17,136 17,959 35,918 53,877 71,836 107,754 125,713 143,672 161,631 215,508 251,426 287,344 305,303 323,262 377,139 431,016 502,852 610,606 646,524 754,278 862,032 915,909 1,005,704 1,131,417 1,221,212 1,293,048 1,508,556 1,831,818 2,011,408 2,137,121 2,262,834 2,442,424 2,586,096 2,747,727 3,017,112 3,663,636 4,274,242 4,525,668 4,884,848 5,495,454 6,034,224 6,411,363 7,327,272 8,548,484 9,051,336 10,990,908 12,822,726 14,654,544 17,096,968 18,102,672 19,234,089 21,981,816 25,645,452 34,193,936 38,468,178 43,963,632 51,290,904 76,936,356 102,581,808 153,872,712 and 307,745,424, with no remainder.

Since 307,745,424 cannot be divided by just 1 and 307,745,424, 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).