Q: Is 315,376,020 a Composite Number?

Why is 315,376,020 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 315,376,020 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 12 15 18 20 30 31 36 45 60 62 90 93 124 155 180 186 279 310 372 465 558 620 930 1,116 1,395 1,860 2,790 5,580 56,519 113,038 169,557 226,076 282,595 339,114 508,671 565,190 678,228 847,785 1,017,342 1,130,380 1,695,570 1,752,089 2,034,684 2,543,355 3,391,140 3,504,178 5,086,710 5,256,267 7,008,356 8,760,445 10,173,420 10,512,534 15,768,801 17,520,890 21,025,068 26,281,335 31,537,602 35,041,780 52,562,670 63,075,204 78,844,005 105,125,340 157,688,010 and 315,376,020, with no remainder.

Since 315,376,020 cannot be divided by just 1 and 315,376,020, 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).