Q: Is 240,046,240 a Composite Number?

Why is 240,046,240 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 240,046,240 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 8 10 14 16 20 28 32 35 40 56 70 79 80 112 140 158 160 224 280 316 395 553 560 632 790 1,106 1,120 1,264 1,580 2,212 2,528 2,713 2,765 3,160 4,424 5,426 5,530 6,320 8,848 10,852 11,060 12,640 13,565 17,696 18,991 21,704 22,120 27,130 37,982 43,408 44,240 54,260 75,964 86,816 88,480 94,955 108,520 151,928 189,910 214,327 217,040 303,856 379,820 428,654 434,080 607,712 759,640 857,308 1,071,635 1,500,289 1,519,280 1,714,616 2,143,270 3,000,578 3,038,560 3,429,232 4,286,540 6,001,156 6,858,464 7,501,445 8,573,080 12,002,312 15,002,890 17,146,160 24,004,624 30,005,780 34,292,320 48,009,248 60,011,560 120,023,120 and 240,046,240, with no remainder.

Since 240,046,240 cannot be divided by just 1 and 240,046,240, 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).