Q: Is 238,758,800 a Composite Number?

Why is 238,758,800 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 238,758,800 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 8 10 14 16 20 25 28 35 40 50 56 70 71 80 100 112 140 142 175 200 280 284 350 355 400 497 560 568 700 710 994 1,136 1,201 1,400 1,420 1,775 1,988 2,402 2,485 2,800 2,840 3,550 3,976 4,804 4,970 5,680 6,005 7,100 7,952 8,407 9,608 9,940 12,010 12,425 14,200 16,814 19,216 19,880 24,020 24,850 28,400 30,025 33,628 39,760 42,035 48,040 49,700 60,050 67,256 84,070 85,271 96,080 99,400 120,100 134,512 168,140 170,542 198,800 210,175 240,200 336,280 341,084 420,350 426,355 480,400 596,897 672,560 682,168 840,700 852,710 1,193,794 1,364,336 1,681,400 1,705,420 2,131,775 2,387,588 2,984,485 3,362,800 3,410,840 4,263,550 4,775,176 5,968,970 6,821,680 8,527,100 9,550,352 11,937,940 14,922,425 17,054,200 23,875,880 29,844,850 34,108,400 47,751,760 59,689,700 119,379,400 and 238,758,800, with no remainder.

Since 238,758,800 cannot be divided by just 1 and 238,758,800, 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).