Q: Is 224,000,000 a Composite Number?

Why is 224,000,000 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 224,000,000 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 8 10 14 16 20 25 28 32 35 40 50 56 64 70 80 100 112 125 128 140 160 175 200 224 250 256 280 320 350 400 448 500 512 560 625 640 700 800 875 896 1,000 1,024 1,120 1,250 1,280 1,400 1,600 1,750 1,792 2,000 2,048 2,240 2,500 2,560 2,800 3,125 3,200 3,500 3,584 4,000 4,375 4,480 5,000 5,120 5,600 6,250 6,400 7,000 7,168 8,000 8,750 8,960 10,000 10,240 11,200 12,500 12,800 14,000 14,336 15,625 16,000 17,500 17,920 20,000 21,875 22,400 25,000 25,600 28,000 31,250 32,000 35,000 35,840 40,000 43,750 44,800 50,000 51,200 56,000 62,500 64,000 70,000 71,680 80,000 87,500 89,600 100,000 109,375 112,000 125,000 128,000 140,000 160,000 175,000 179,200 200,000 218,750 224,000 250,000 256,000 280,000 320,000 350,000 358,400 400,000 437,500 448,000 500,000 560,000 640,000 700,000 800,000 875,000 896,000 1,000,000 1,120,000 1,280,000 1,400,000 1,600,000 1,750,000 1,792,000 2,000,000 2,240,000 2,800,000 3,200,000 3,500,000 4,000,000 4,480,000 5,600,000 6,400,000 7,000,000 8,000,000 8,960,000 11,200,000 14,000,000 16,000,000 22,400,000 28,000,000 32,000,000 44,800,000 56,000,000 112,000,000 and 224,000,000, with no remainder.

Since 224,000,000 cannot be divided by just 1 and 224,000,000, 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).