Q: Is 234,740,142 a Composite Number?

Why is 234,740,142 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 234,740,142 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 9 13 14 18 21 26 39 42 63 78 91 117 126 139 182 234 273 278 417 546 819 834 973 1,031 1,251 1,638 1,807 1,946 2,062 2,502 2,919 3,093 3,614 5,421 5,838 6,186 7,217 8,757 9,279 10,842 12,649 13,403 14,434 16,263 17,514 18,558 21,651 25,298 26,806 32,526 37,947 40,209 43,302 64,953 75,894 80,418 93,821 113,841 120,627 129,906 143,309 187,642 227,682 241,254 281,463 286,618 429,927 562,926 844,389 859,854 1,003,163 1,289,781 1,688,778 1,863,017 2,006,326 2,579,562 3,009,489 3,726,034 5,589,051 6,018,978 9,028,467 11,178,102 13,041,119 16,767,153 18,056,934 26,082,238 33,534,306 39,123,357 78,246,714 117,370,071 and 234,740,142, with no remainder.

Since 234,740,142 cannot be divided by just 1 and 234,740,142, 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).