Q: Is 205,442,000 a Composite Number?

Why is 205,442,000 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 205,442,000 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 16 20 25 40 50 80 100 125 139 200 250 278 400 500 556 695 739 1,000 1,112 1,390 1,478 2,000 2,224 2,780 2,956 3,475 3,695 5,560 5,912 6,950 7,390 11,120 11,824 13,900 14,780 17,375 18,475 27,800 29,560 34,750 36,950 55,600 59,120 69,500 73,900 92,375 102,721 139,000 147,800 184,750 205,442 278,000 295,600 369,500 410,884 513,605 739,000 821,768 1,027,210 1,478,000 1,643,536 2,054,420 2,568,025 4,108,840 5,136,050 8,217,680 10,272,100 12,840,125 20,544,200 25,680,250 41,088,400 51,360,500 102,721,000 and 205,442,000, with no remainder.

Since 205,442,000 cannot be divided by just 1 and 205,442,000, 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).