Q: Is 252,216,000 a Composite Number?

Why is 252,216,000 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 252,216,000 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 12 15 16 18 20 24 25 30 31 32 36 40 45 48 50 60 62 64 72 75 80 90 93 96 100 113 120 124 125 144 150 155 160 180 186 192 200 225 226 240 248 250 279 288 300 310 320 339 360 372 375 400 450 452 465 480 496 500 558 565 576 600 620 678 720 744 750 775 800 900 904 930 960 992 1,000 1,017 1,116 1,125 1,130 1,200 1,240 1,356 1,395 1,440 1,488 1,500 1,550 1,600 1,695 1,800 1,808 1,860 1,984 2,000 2,034 2,232 2,250 2,260 2,325 2,400 2,480 2,712 2,790 2,825 2,880 2,976 3,000 3,100 3,390 3,503 3,600 3,616 3,720 3,875 4,000 4,068 4,464 4,500 4,520 4,650 4,800 4,960 5,085 5,424 5,580 5,650 5,952 6,000 6,200 6,780 6,975 7,006 7,200 7,232 7,440 7,750 8,000 8,136 8,475 8,928 9,000 9,040 9,300 9,920 10,170 10,509 10,848 11,160 11,300 11,625 12,000 12,400 13,560 13,950 14,012 14,125 14,400 14,880 15,500 16,272 16,950 17,515 17,856 18,000 18,080 18,600 20,340 21,018 21,696 22,320 22,600 23,250 24,000 24,800 25,425 27,120 27,900 28,024 28,250 29,760 31,000 31,527 32,544 33,900 34,875 35,030 36,000 36,160 37,200 40,680 42,036 42,375 44,640 45,200 46,500 49,600 50,850 52,545 54,240 55,800 56,048 56,500 62,000 63,054 65,088 67,800 69,750 70,060 72,000 74,400 81,360 84,072 84,750 87,575 89,280 90,400 93,000 101,700 105,090 108,480 111,600 112,096 113,000 124,000 126,108 127,125 135,600 139,500 140,120 148,800 157,635 162,720 168,144 169,500 175,150 180,800 186,000 203,400 210,180 223,200 224,192 226,000 248,000 252,216 254,250 262,725 271,200 279,000 280,240 315,270 325,440 336,288 339,000 350,300 372,000 406,800 420,360 437,875 446,400 452,000 504,432 508,500 525,450 542,400 558,000 560,480 630,540 672,576 678,000 700,600 744,000 788,175 813,600 840,720 875,750 904,000 1,008,864 1,017,000 1,050,900 1,116,000 1,120,960 1,261,080 1,313,625 1,356,000 1,401,200 1,576,350 1,627,200 1,681,440 1,751,500 2,017,728 2,034,000 2,101,800 2,232,000 2,522,160 2,627,250 2,712,000 2,802,400 3,152,700 3,362,880 3,503,000 3,940,875 4,068,000 4,203,600 5,044,320 5,254,500 5,604,800 6,305,400 7,006,000 7,881,750 8,136,000 8,407,200 10,088,640 10,509,000 12,610,800 14,012,000 15,763,500 16,814,400 21,018,000 25,221,600 28,024,000 31,527,000 42,036,000 50,443,200 63,054,000 84,072,000 126,108,000 and 252,216,000, with no remainder.

Since 252,216,000 cannot be divided by just 1 and 252,216,000, 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).