Q: Is 140,142,240 a Composite Number?

Why is 140,142,240 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 140,142,240 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 12 14 15 16 18 20 21 24 28 30 32 35 36 40 42 45 48 56 60 63 70 72 80 84 90 96 105 112 120 126 140 144 160 168 180 210 224 240 252 280 288 315 336 360 420 480 504 560 630 672 720 840 1,008 1,120 1,260 1,440 1,680 2,016 2,520 3,360 5,040 10,080 13,903 27,806 41,709 55,612 69,515 83,418 97,321 111,224 125,127 139,030 166,836 194,642 208,545 222,448 250,254 278,060 291,963 333,672 389,284 417,090 444,896 486,605 500,508 556,120 583,926 625,635 667,344 778,568 834,180 875,889 973,210 1,001,016 1,112,240 1,167,852 1,251,270 1,334,688 1,459,815 1,557,136 1,668,360 1,751,778 1,946,420 2,002,032 2,224,480 2,335,704 2,502,540 2,919,630 3,114,272 3,336,720 3,503,556 3,892,840 4,004,064 4,379,445 4,671,408 5,005,080 5,839,260 6,673,440 7,007,112 7,785,680 8,758,890 9,342,816 10,010,160 11,678,520 14,014,224 15,571,360 17,517,780 20,020,320 23,357,040 28,028,448 35,035,560 46,714,080 70,071,120 and 140,142,240, with no remainder.

Since 140,142,240 cannot be divided by just 1 and 140,142,240, 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).