Q: Is 317,125,770 a Composite Number?

Why is 317,125,770 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 317,125,770 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 5 6 10 13 15 19 26 30 38 39 57 65 78 95 114 130 190 195 247 285 390 494 570 741 1,235 1,482 2,470 3,705 7,410 42,797 85,594 128,391 213,985 256,782 427,970 556,361 641,955 813,143 1,112,722 1,283,910 1,626,286 1,669,083 2,439,429 2,781,805 3,338,166 4,065,715 4,878,858 5,563,610 8,131,430 8,345,415 10,570,859 12,197,145 16,690,830 21,141,718 24,394,290 31,712,577 52,854,295 63,425,154 105,708,590 158,562,885 and 317,125,770, with no remainder.

Since 317,125,770 cannot be divided by just 1 and 317,125,770, 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).