Q: Is 240,131,115 a Composite Number?

Why is 240,131,115 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 240,131,115 can be evenly divided by 1 3 5 7 9 15 21 27 31 35 45 49 63 93 105 135 147 155 189 217 245 279 315 441 465 651 735 837 945 1,085 1,171 1,323 1,395 1,519 1,953 2,205 3,255 3,513 4,185 4,557 5,855 5,859 6,615 7,595 8,197 9,765 10,539 13,671 17,565 22,785 24,591 29,295 31,617 36,301 40,985 41,013 52,695 57,379 68,355 73,773 108,903 122,955 158,085 172,137 181,505 205,065 221,319 254,107 286,895 326,709 368,865 516,411 544,515 762,321 860,685 980,127 1,106,595 1,270,535 1,549,233 1,633,545 1,778,749 2,286,963 2,582,055 3,811,605 4,900,635 5,336,247 6,860,889 7,746,165 8,893,745 11,434,815 16,008,741 26,681,235 34,304,445 48,026,223 80,043,705 and 240,131,115, with no remainder.

Since 240,131,115 cannot be divided by just 1 and 240,131,115, 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).