Q: Is 225,042,240 a Composite Number?

Why is 225,042,240 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 225,042,240 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 24 30 32 40 48 53 60 64 80 96 106 120 159 160 192 212 240 265 318 320 424 480 530 636 795 848 960 1,060 1,272 1,590 1,696 2,120 2,544 3,180 3,392 4,240 4,423 5,088 6,360 8,480 8,846 10,176 12,720 13,269 16,960 17,692 22,115 25,440 26,538 35,384 44,230 50,880 53,076 66,345 70,768 88,460 106,152 132,690 141,536 176,920 212,304 234,419 265,380 283,072 353,840 424,608 468,838 530,760 703,257 707,680 849,216 937,676 1,061,520 1,172,095 1,406,514 1,415,360 1,875,352 2,123,040 2,344,190 2,813,028 3,516,285 3,750,704 4,246,080 4,688,380 5,626,056 7,032,570 7,501,408 9,376,760 11,252,112 14,065,140 15,002,816 18,753,520 22,504,224 28,130,280 37,507,040 45,008,448 56,260,560 75,014,080 112,521,120 and 225,042,240, with no remainder.

Since 225,042,240 cannot be divided by just 1 and 225,042,240, 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).