Q: Is 311,183,028 a Composite Number?

Why is 311,183,028 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 311,183,028 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 13 17 18 26 34 36 39 51 52 68 78 102 117 153 156 204 221 234 306 442 468 612 663 884 1,326 1,989 2,652 3,978 7,956 39,113 78,226 117,339 156,452 234,678 352,017 469,356 508,469 664,921 704,034 1,016,938 1,329,842 1,408,068 1,525,407 1,994,763 2,033,876 2,659,684 3,050,814 3,989,526 4,576,221 5,984,289 6,101,628 7,979,052 8,643,973 9,152,442 11,968,578 17,287,946 18,304,884 23,937,156 25,931,919 34,575,892 51,863,838 77,795,757 103,727,676 155,591,514 and 311,183,028, with no remainder.

Since 311,183,028 cannot be divided by just 1 and 311,183,028, 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).