Q: Is 310,000,032 a Composite Number?

Why is 310,000,032 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 310,000,032 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 17 18 24 32 34 36 48 51 68 72 96 102 136 144 153 204 272 288 306 408 544 612 816 1,224 1,632 2,448 4,896 63,317 126,634 189,951 253,268 379,902 506,536 569,853 759,804 1,013,072 1,076,389 1,139,706 1,519,608 2,026,144 2,152,778 2,279,412 3,039,216 3,229,167 4,305,556 4,558,824 6,078,432 6,458,334 8,611,112 9,117,648 9,687,501 12,916,668 17,222,224 18,235,296 19,375,002 25,833,336 34,444,448 38,750,004 51,666,672 77,500,008 103,333,344 155,000,016 and 310,000,032, with no remainder.

Since 310,000,032 cannot be divided by just 1 and 310,000,032, 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).