Q: Is 311,745,304 a Composite Number?

Why is 311,745,304 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 311,745,304 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 13 26 41 52 82 104 113 164 226 328 452 533 647 904 1,066 1,294 1,469 2,132 2,588 2,938 4,264 4,633 5,176 5,876 8,411 9,266 11,752 16,822 18,532 26,527 33,644 37,064 53,054 60,229 67,288 73,111 106,108 120,458 146,222 212,216 240,916 292,444 344,851 481,832 584,888 689,702 950,443 1,379,404 1,900,886 2,758,808 2,997,551 3,801,772 5,995,102 7,603,544 11,990,204 23,980,408 38,968,163 77,936,326 155,872,652 and 311,745,304, with no remainder.

Since 311,745,304 cannot be divided by just 1 and 311,745,304, 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).