Q: Is 240,221,124 a Composite Number?

Why is 240,221,124 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 240,221,124 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 11 12 13 18 22 26 33 36 39 44 52 66 78 99 117 132 143 156 198 234 286 396 429 468 572 858 1,287 1,716 2,574 5,148 46,663 93,326 139,989 186,652 279,978 419,967 513,293 559,956 606,619 839,934 1,026,586 1,213,238 1,539,879 1,679,868 1,819,857 2,053,172 2,426,476 3,079,758 3,639,714 4,619,637 5,459,571 6,159,516 6,672,809 7,279,428 9,239,274 10,919,142 13,345,618 18,478,548 20,018,427 21,838,284 26,691,236 40,036,854 60,055,281 80,073,708 120,110,562 and 240,221,124, with no remainder.

Since 240,221,124 cannot be divided by just 1 and 240,221,124, 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).