Q: Is 238,221,126 a Composite Number?

Why is 238,221,126 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 238,221,126 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 11 13 18 19 22 26 33 38 39 57 66 78 99 114 117 143 171 198 209 234 247 286 342 418 429 494 627 741 858 1,254 1,287 1,482 1,881 2,223 2,574 2,717 3,762 4,446 4,871 5,434 8,151 9,742 14,613 16,302 24,453 29,226 43,839 48,906 53,581 63,323 87,678 92,549 107,162 126,646 160,743 185,098 189,969 277,647 321,486 379,938 482,229 555,294 569,907 696,553 832,941 964,458 1,018,039 1,139,814 1,203,137 1,393,106 1,665,882 2,036,078 2,089,659 2,406,274 3,054,117 3,609,411 4,179,318 6,108,234 6,268,977 7,218,822 9,162,351 10,828,233 12,537,954 13,234,507 18,324,702 21,656,466 26,469,014 39,703,521 79,407,042 119,110,563 and 238,221,126, with no remainder.

Since 238,221,126 cannot be divided by just 1 and 238,221,126, 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).