Q: Is 240,231,232 a Composite Number?

 A: Yes, 240,231,232 is a composite number.

Why is 240,231,232 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 240,231,232 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 16 32 37 64 74 148 296 592 1,184 2,368 101,449 202,898 405,796 811,592 1,623,184 3,246,368 3,753,613 6,492,736 7,507,226 15,014,452 30,028,904 60,057,808 120,115,616 and 240,231,232, with no remainder.

Since 240,231,232 cannot be divided by just 1 and 240,231,232, it is a composite number.


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  • All positive natural numbers are either a prime number or a composite number (except the number 1, which is neither).

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