Q: Is 262,312,120 a Composite Number?

Why is 262,312,120 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 262,312,120 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 8 10 14 20 28 35 40 56 70 140 227 280 454 908 1,135 1,589 1,816 2,270 3,178 4,127 4,540 6,356 7,945 8,254 9,080 12,712 15,890 16,508 20,635 28,889 31,780 33,016 41,270 57,778 63,560 82,540 115,556 144,445 165,080 231,112 288,890 577,780 936,829 1,155,560 1,873,658 3,747,316 4,684,145 6,557,803 7,494,632 9,368,290 13,115,606 18,736,580 26,231,212 32,789,015 37,473,160 52,462,424 65,578,030 131,156,060 and 262,312,120, with no remainder.

Since 262,312,120 cannot be divided by just 1 and 262,312,120, 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).