Q: Is 311,473,740 a Composite Number?

Why is 311,473,740 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 311,473,740 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 10 12 15 20 30 31 60 62 93 124 151 155 186 302 310 372 453 465 604 620 755 906 930 1,109 1,510 1,812 1,860 2,218 2,265 3,020 3,327 4,436 4,530 4,681 5,545 6,654 9,060 9,362 11,090 13,308 14,043 16,635 18,724 22,180 23,405 28,086 33,270 34,379 46,810 56,172 66,540 68,758 70,215 93,620 103,137 137,516 140,430 167,459 171,895 206,274 280,860 334,918 343,790 412,548 502,377 515,685 669,836 687,580 837,295 1,004,754 1,031,370 1,674,590 2,009,508 2,062,740 2,511,885 3,349,180 5,023,770 5,191,229 10,047,540 10,382,458 15,573,687 20,764,916 25,956,145 31,147,374 51,912,290 62,294,748 77,868,435 103,824,580 155,736,870 and 311,473,740, with no remainder.

Since 311,473,740 cannot be divided by just 1 and 311,473,740, 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).