Q: Is 315,024,264 a Composite Number?

Why is 315,024,264 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 315,024,264 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 24 36 72 103 107 206 214 309 321 397 412 428 618 642 794 824 856 927 963 1,191 1,236 1,284 1,588 1,854 1,926 2,382 2,472 2,568 3,176 3,573 3,708 3,852 4,764 7,146 7,416 7,704 9,528 11,021 14,292 22,042 28,584 33,063 40,891 42,479 44,084 66,126 81,782 84,958 88,168 99,189 122,673 127,437 132,252 163,564 169,916 198,378 245,346 254,874 264,504 327,128 339,832 368,019 382,311 396,756 490,692 509,748 736,038 764,622 793,512 981,384 1,019,496 1,472,076 1,529,244 2,944,152 3,058,488 4,375,337 8,750,674 13,126,011 17,501,348 26,252,022 35,002,696 39,378,033 52,504,044 78,756,066 105,008,088 157,512,132 and 315,024,264, with no remainder.

Since 315,024,264 cannot be divided by just 1 and 315,024,264, 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).