Q: Is 310,243,044 a Composite Number?

Why is 310,243,044 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 310,243,044 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 12 23 29 46 58 69 83 87 92 116 138 166 174 249 276 332 348 467 498 667 934 996 1,334 1,401 1,868 1,909 2,001 2,407 2,668 2,802 3,818 4,002 4,814 5,604 5,727 7,221 7,636 8,004 9,628 10,741 11,454 13,543 14,442 21,482 22,908 27,086 28,884 32,223 38,761 40,629 42,964 54,172 55,361 64,446 77,522 81,258 110,722 116,283 128,892 155,044 162,516 166,083 221,444 232,566 311,489 332,166 465,132 622,978 664,332 891,503 934,467 1,124,069 1,245,956 1,783,006 1,868,934 2,248,138 2,674,509 3,372,207 3,566,012 3,737,868 4,496,276 5,349,018 6,744,414 10,698,036 13,488,828 25,853,587 51,707,174 77,560,761 103,414,348 155,121,522 and 310,243,044, with no remainder.

Since 310,243,044 cannot be divided by just 1 and 310,243,044, 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).