Q: Is 321,312,000 a Composite Number?

Why is 321,312,000 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 321,312,000 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 24 25 30 32 40 48 50 60 64 75 80 96 100 120 125 128 150 160 192 200 240 250 256 300 320 375 384 400 480 500 600 640 750 768 800 960 1,000 1,200 1,280 1,500 1,600 1,920 2,000 2,400 3,000 3,200 3,347 3,840 4,000 4,800 6,000 6,400 6,694 8,000 9,600 10,041 12,000 13,388 16,000 16,735 19,200 20,082 24,000 26,776 32,000 33,470 40,164 48,000 50,205 53,552 66,940 80,328 83,675 96,000 100,410 107,104 133,880 160,656 167,350 200,820 214,208 251,025 267,760 321,312 334,700 401,640 418,375 428,416 502,050 535,520 642,624 669,400 803,280 836,750 856,832 1,004,100 1,071,040 1,255,125 1,285,248 1,338,800 1,606,560 1,673,500 2,008,200 2,142,080 2,510,250 2,570,496 2,677,600 3,213,120 3,347,000 4,016,400 4,284,160 5,020,500 5,355,200 6,426,240 6,694,000 8,032,800 10,041,000 10,710,400 12,852,480 13,388,000 16,065,600 20,082,000 21,420,800 26,776,000 32,131,200 40,164,000 53,552,000 64,262,400 80,328,000 107,104,000 160,656,000 and 321,312,000, with no remainder.

Since 321,312,000 cannot be divided by just 1 and 321,312,000, 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).