Q: Is 188,430,240 a Composite Number?

Why is 188,430,240 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 188,430,240 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 24 30 32 40 48 60 80 96 120 160 240 457 480 859 914 1,371 1,718 1,828 2,285 2,577 2,742 3,436 3,656 4,295 4,570 5,154 5,484 6,855 6,872 7,312 8,590 9,140 10,308 10,968 12,885 13,710 13,744 14,624 17,180 18,280 20,616 21,936 25,770 27,420 27,488 34,360 36,560 41,232 43,872 51,540 54,840 68,720 73,120 82,464 103,080 109,680 137,440 206,160 219,360 392,563 412,320 785,126 1,177,689 1,570,252 1,962,815 2,355,378 3,140,504 3,925,630 4,710,756 5,888,445 6,281,008 7,851,260 9,421,512 11,776,890 12,562,016 15,702,520 18,843,024 23,553,780 31,405,040 37,686,048 47,107,560 62,810,080 94,215,120 and 188,430,240, with no remainder.

Since 188,430,240 cannot be divided by just 1 and 188,430,240, 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).