Q: Is 321,124,244 a Composite Number?

Why is 321,124,244 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 321,124,244 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 14 19 28 38 49 53 76 98 106 133 196 212 266 371 532 742 931 1,007 1,484 1,627 1,862 2,014 2,597 3,254 3,724 4,028 5,194 6,508 7,049 10,388 11,389 14,098 22,778 28,196 30,913 45,556 49,343 61,826 79,723 86,231 98,686 123,652 159,446 172,462 197,372 216,391 318,892 344,924 432,782 603,617 865,564 1,207,234 1,514,737 1,638,389 2,414,468 3,029,474 3,276,778 4,225,319 6,058,948 6,553,556 8,450,638 11,468,723 16,901,276 22,937,446 45,874,892 80,281,061 160,562,122 and 321,124,244, with no remainder.

Since 321,124,244 cannot be divided by just 1 and 321,124,244, 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).