Q: Is 317,070,624 a Composite Number?

Why is 317,070,624 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 317,070,624 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 13 16 24 26 32 39 48 52 78 83 96 104 156 166 208 249 312 332 416 498 624 664 996 1,079 1,248 1,328 1,992 2,158 2,656 3,061 3,237 3,984 4,316 6,122 6,474 7,968 8,632 9,183 12,244 12,948 17,264 18,366 24,488 25,896 34,528 36,732 39,793 48,976 51,792 73,464 79,586 97,952 103,584 119,379 146,928 159,172 238,758 254,063 293,856 318,344 477,516 508,126 636,688 762,189 955,032 1,016,252 1,273,376 1,524,378 1,910,064 2,032,504 3,048,756 3,302,819 3,820,128 4,065,008 6,097,512 6,605,638 8,130,016 9,908,457 12,195,024 13,211,276 19,816,914 24,390,048 26,422,552 39,633,828 52,845,104 79,267,656 105,690,208 158,535,312 and 317,070,624, with no remainder.

Since 317,070,624 cannot be divided by just 1 and 317,070,624, 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).