Q: Is 310,217,472 a Composite Number?

Why is 310,217,472 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 310,217,472 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 27 32 36 37 48 54 64 72 74 96 108 111 128 144 148 192 216 222 256 288 296 333 384 432 444 576 592 666 768 864 888 999 1,152 1,184 1,213 1,332 1,728 1,776 1,998 2,304 2,368 2,426 2,664 3,456 3,552 3,639 3,996 4,736 4,852 5,328 6,912 7,104 7,278 7,992 9,472 9,704 10,656 10,917 14,208 14,556 15,984 19,408 21,312 21,834 28,416 29,112 31,968 32,751 38,816 42,624 43,668 44,881 58,224 63,936 65,502 77,632 85,248 87,336 89,762 116,448 127,872 131,004 134,643 155,264 174,672 179,524 232,896 255,744 262,008 269,286 310,528 349,344 359,048 403,929 465,792 524,016 538,572 698,688 718,096 807,858 931,584 1,048,032 1,077,144 1,211,787 1,397,376 1,436,192 1,615,716 2,096,064 2,154,288 2,423,574 2,794,752 2,872,384 3,231,432 4,192,128 4,308,576 4,847,148 5,744,768 6,462,864 8,384,256 8,617,152 9,694,296 11,489,536 12,925,728 17,234,304 19,388,592 25,851,456 34,468,608 38,777,184 51,702,912 77,554,368 103,405,824 155,108,736 and 310,217,472, with no remainder.

Since 310,217,472 cannot be divided by just 1 and 310,217,472, 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).