Q: Is 355,660,272 a Composite Number?

Why is 355,660,272 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 355,660,272 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 11 12 16 18 22 24 31 33 36 44 48 62 66 72 88 93 99 124 132 144 176 186 198 248 264 279 341 372 396 496 528 558 682 744 792 1,023 1,116 1,364 1,488 1,584 2,046 2,232 2,728 3,069 4,092 4,464 5,456 6,138 7,243 8,184 12,276 14,486 16,368 21,729 24,552 28,972 43,458 49,104 57,944 65,187 79,673 86,916 115,888 130,374 159,346 173,832 224,533 239,019 260,748 318,692 347,664 449,066 478,038 521,496 637,384 673,599 717,057 898,132 956,076 1,042,992 1,274,768 1,347,198 1,434,114 1,796,264 1,912,152 2,020,797 2,469,863 2,694,396 2,868,228 3,592,528 3,824,304 4,041,594 4,939,726 5,388,792 5,736,456 7,409,589 8,083,188 9,879,452 10,777,584 11,472,912 14,819,178 16,166,376 19,758,904 22,228,767 29,638,356 32,332,752 39,517,808 44,457,534 59,276,712 88,915,068 118,553,424 177,830,136 and 355,660,272, with no remainder.

Since 355,660,272 cannot be divided by just 1 and 355,660,272, 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).