Q: Is 315,135,040 a Composite Number?

Why is 315,135,040 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 315,135,040 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 11 16 20 22 32 40 44 55 64 80 88 110 160 176 220 320 352 440 704 880 1,760 3,520 89,527 179,054 358,108 447,635 716,216 895,270 984,797 1,432,432 1,790,540 1,969,594 2,864,864 3,581,080 3,939,188 4,923,985 5,729,728 7,162,160 7,878,376 9,847,970 14,324,320 15,756,752 19,695,940 28,648,640 31,513,504 39,391,880 63,027,008 78,783,760 157,567,520 and 315,135,040, with no remainder.

Since 315,135,040 cannot be divided by just 1 and 315,135,040, 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).