Q: Is 315,342,216 a Composite Number?

Why is 315,342,216 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 315,342,216 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 18 21 24 28 36 42 56 63 72 84 126 137 168 252 274 411 504 548 822 959 1,096 1,233 1,644 1,918 2,466 2,877 3,288 3,836 4,567 4,932 5,754 7,672 8,631 9,134 9,864 11,508 13,701 17,262 18,268 23,016 27,402 31,969 34,524 36,536 41,103 54,804 63,938 69,048 82,206 95,907 109,608 127,876 164,412 191,814 255,752 287,721 328,824 383,628 575,442 625,679 767,256 1,150,884 1,251,358 1,877,037 2,301,768 2,502,716 3,754,074 4,379,753 5,005,432 5,631,111 7,508,148 8,759,506 11,262,222 13,139,259 15,016,296 17,519,012 22,524,444 26,278,518 35,038,024 39,417,777 45,048,888 52,557,036 78,835,554 105,114,072 157,671,108 and 315,342,216, with no remainder.

Since 315,342,216 cannot be divided by just 1 and 315,342,216, 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).