Q: Is 240,176,028 a Composite Number?

Why is 240,176,028 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 240,176,028 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 12 23 29 37 46 58 69 74 87 92 111 116 138 148 174 222 276 348 444 667 811 851 1,073 1,334 1,622 1,702 2,001 2,146 2,433 2,553 2,668 3,219 3,244 3,404 4,002 4,292 4,866 5,106 6,438 8,004 9,732 10,212 12,876 18,653 23,519 24,679 30,007 37,306 47,038 49,358 55,959 60,014 70,557 74,037 74,612 90,021 94,076 98,716 111,918 120,028 141,114 148,074 180,042 223,836 282,228 296,148 360,084 540,937 690,161 870,203 1,081,874 1,380,322 1,622,811 1,740,406 2,070,483 2,163,748 2,610,609 2,760,644 3,245,622 3,480,812 4,140,966 5,221,218 6,491,244 8,281,932 10,442,436 20,014,669 40,029,338 60,044,007 80,058,676 120,088,014 and 240,176,028, with no remainder.

Since 240,176,028 cannot be divided by just 1 and 240,176,028, 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).