Q: Is 140,238,560 a Composite Number?

Why is 140,238,560 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 140,238,560 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 8 10 11 14 16 20 22 28 32 35 40 44 55 56 70 77 80 88 110 112 140 154 160 176 220 224 280 308 352 385 440 560 616 770 880 1,120 1,232 1,540 1,760 2,464 3,080 6,160 11,383 12,320 22,766 45,532 56,915 79,681 91,064 113,830 125,213 159,362 182,128 227,660 250,426 318,724 364,256 398,405 455,320 500,852 626,065 637,448 796,810 876,491 910,640 1,001,704 1,252,130 1,274,896 1,593,620 1,752,982 1,821,280 2,003,408 2,504,260 2,549,792 3,187,240 3,505,964 4,006,816 4,382,455 5,008,520 6,374,480 7,011,928 8,764,910 10,017,040 12,748,960 14,023,856 17,529,820 20,034,080 28,047,712 35,059,640 70,119,280 and 140,238,560, with no remainder.

Since 140,238,560 cannot be divided by just 1 and 140,238,560, 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).