Q: Is 355,120,248 a Composite Number?

Why is 355,120,248 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 355,120,248 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 21 24 28 42 49 56 84 98 147 168 179 196 241 294 343 358 392 482 537 588 686 716 723 964 1,029 1,074 1,176 1,253 1,372 1,432 1,446 1,687 1,928 2,058 2,148 2,506 2,744 2,892 3,374 3,759 4,116 4,296 5,012 5,061 5,784 6,748 7,518 8,232 8,771 10,024 10,122 11,809 13,496 15,036 17,542 20,244 23,618 26,313 30,072 35,084 35,427 40,488 43,139 47,236 52,626 61,397 70,168 70,854 82,663 86,278 94,472 105,252 122,794 129,417 141,708 165,326 172,556 184,191 210,504 245,588 247,989 258,834 283,416 301,973 330,652 345,112 368,382 491,176 495,978 517,668 603,946 661,304 736,764 905,919 991,956 1,035,336 1,207,892 1,473,528 1,811,838 1,983,912 2,113,811 2,415,784 3,623,676 4,227,622 6,341,433 7,247,352 8,455,244 12,682,866 14,796,677 16,910,488 25,365,732 29,593,354 44,390,031 50,731,464 59,186,708 88,780,062 118,373,416 177,560,124 and 355,120,248, with no remainder.

Since 355,120,248 cannot be divided by just 1 and 355,120,248, 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).