Q: Is 240,201,312 a Composite Number?

Why is 240,201,312 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 240,201,312 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 13 16 24 26 32 39 48 52 78 96 104 156 197 208 312 394 416 591 624 788 977 1,182 1,248 1,576 1,954 2,364 2,561 2,931 3,152 3,908 4,728 5,122 5,862 6,304 7,683 7,816 9,456 10,244 11,724 12,701 15,366 15,632 18,912 20,488 23,448 25,402 30,732 31,264 38,103 40,976 46,896 50,804 61,464 76,206 81,952 93,792 101,608 122,928 152,412 192,469 203,216 245,856 304,824 384,938 406,432 577,407 609,648 769,876 1,154,814 1,219,296 1,539,752 2,309,628 2,502,097 3,079,504 4,619,256 5,004,194 6,159,008 7,506,291 9,238,512 10,008,388 15,012,582 18,477,024 20,016,776 30,025,164 40,033,552 60,050,328 80,067,104 120,100,656 and 240,201,312, with no remainder.

Since 240,201,312 cannot be divided by just 1 and 240,201,312, 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).