Q: Is 324,254,304 a Composite Number?

Why is 324,254,304 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 324,254,304 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 11 12 16 18 19 22 24 32 33 36 38 44 48 57 66 72 76 88 96 99 114 132 144 152 171 176 198 209 228 264 288 304 342 352 396 418 456 528 608 627 684 792 836 912 1,056 1,254 1,368 1,584 1,672 1,824 1,881 2,508 2,736 3,168 3,344 3,762 5,016 5,387 5,472 6,688 7,524 10,032 10,774 15,048 16,161 20,064 21,548 30,096 32,322 43,096 48,483 59,257 60,192 64,644 86,192 96,966 102,353 118,514 129,288 172,384 177,771 193,932 204,706 237,028 258,576 307,059 355,542 387,864 409,412 474,056 517,152 533,313 614,118 711,084 775,728 818,824 921,177 948,112 1,066,626 1,125,883 1,228,236 1,422,168 1,551,456 1,637,648 1,842,354 1,896,224 2,133,252 2,251,766 2,456,472 2,844,336 3,275,296 3,377,649 3,684,708 4,266,504 4,503,532 4,912,944 5,688,672 6,755,298 7,369,416 8,533,008 9,007,064 9,825,888 10,132,947 13,510,596 14,738,832 17,066,016 18,014,128 20,265,894 27,021,192 29,477,664 36,028,256 40,531,788 54,042,384 81,063,576 108,084,768 162,127,152 and 324,254,304, with no remainder.

Since 324,254,304 cannot be divided by just 1 and 324,254,304, 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).