Q: Is 240,212,140 a Composite Number?

Why is 240,212,140 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 240,212,140 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 10 14 20 28 35 37 70 74 79 140 148 158 185 259 316 370 395 518 553 587 740 790 1,036 1,106 1,174 1,295 1,580 2,212 2,348 2,590 2,765 2,923 2,935 4,109 5,180 5,530 5,846 5,870 8,218 11,060 11,692 11,740 14,615 16,436 20,461 20,545 21,719 29,230 40,922 41,090 43,438 46,373 58,460 81,844 82,180 86,876 92,746 102,305 108,595 152,033 185,492 204,610 217,190 231,865 304,066 324,611 409,220 434,380 463,730 608,132 649,222 760,165 927,460 1,298,444 1,520,330 1,623,055 1,715,801 3,040,660 3,246,110 3,431,602 6,492,220 6,863,204 8,579,005 12,010,607 17,158,010 24,021,214 34,316,020 48,042,428 60,053,035 120,106,070 and 240,212,140, with no remainder.

Since 240,212,140 cannot be divided by just 1 and 240,212,140, 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).