Q: Is 143,242,240 a Composite Number?

Why is 143,242,240 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 143,242,240 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 16 20 32 40 64 80 101 128 160 202 256 277 320 404 505 512 554 640 808 1,010 1,024 1,108 1,280 1,385 1,616 2,020 2,216 2,560 2,770 3,232 4,040 4,432 5,120 5,540 6,464 8,080 8,864 11,080 12,928 16,160 17,728 22,160 25,856 27,977 32,320 35,456 44,320 51,712 55,954 64,640 70,912 88,640 103,424 111,908 129,280 139,885 141,824 177,280 223,816 258,560 279,770 283,648 354,560 447,632 517,120 559,540 709,120 895,264 1,119,080 1,418,240 1,790,528 2,238,160 3,581,056 4,476,320 7,162,112 8,952,640 14,324,224 17,905,280 28,648,448 35,810,560 71,621,120 and 143,242,240, with no remainder.

Since 143,242,240 cannot be divided by just 1 and 143,242,240, 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).