Q: Is 316,705,104 a Composite Number?

Why is 316,705,104 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 316,705,104 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 17 18 24 34 36 48 51 53 68 72 102 106 136 144 153 159 204 212 272 306 318 408 424 477 612 636 816 848 901 954 1,224 1,272 1,802 1,908 2,441 2,448 2,544 2,703 3,604 3,816 4,882 5,406 7,208 7,323 7,632 8,109 9,764 10,812 14,416 14,646 16,218 19,528 21,624 21,969 29,292 32,436 39,056 41,497 43,248 43,938 58,584 64,872 82,994 87,876 117,168 124,491 129,373 129,744 165,988 175,752 248,982 258,746 331,976 351,504 373,473 388,119 497,964 517,492 663,952 746,946 776,238 995,928 1,034,984 1,164,357 1,493,892 1,552,476 1,991,856 2,069,968 2,199,341 2,328,714 2,987,784 3,104,952 4,398,682 4,657,428 5,975,568 6,209,904 6,598,023 8,797,364 9,314,856 13,196,046 17,594,728 18,629,712 19,794,069 26,392,092 35,189,456 39,588,138 52,784,184 79,176,276 105,568,368 158,352,552 and 316,705,104, with no remainder.

Since 316,705,104 cannot be divided by just 1 and 316,705,104, 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).