Q: Is 140,434,240 a Composite Number?

Why is 140,434,240 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 140,434,240 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 16 20 29 32 37 40 58 64 74 80 116 145 148 160 185 232 290 296 320 370 409 464 580 592 740 818 928 1,073 1,160 1,184 1,480 1,636 1,856 2,045 2,146 2,320 2,368 2,960 3,272 4,090 4,292 4,640 5,365 5,920 6,544 8,180 8,584 9,280 10,730 11,840 11,861 13,088 15,133 16,360 17,168 21,460 23,722 26,176 30,266 32,720 34,336 42,920 47,444 59,305 60,532 65,440 68,672 75,665 85,840 94,888 118,610 121,064 130,880 151,330 171,680 189,776 237,220 242,128 302,660 343,360 379,552 438,857 474,440 484,256 605,320 759,104 877,714 948,880 968,512 1,210,640 1,755,428 1,897,760 2,194,285 2,421,280 3,510,856 3,795,520 4,388,570 4,842,560 7,021,712 8,777,140 14,043,424 17,554,280 28,086,848 35,108,560 70,217,120 and 140,434,240, with no remainder.

Since 140,434,240 cannot be divided by just 1 and 140,434,240, 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).