Q: Is 240,233,700 a Composite Number?

Why is 240,233,700 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 240,233,700 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 10 12 14 15 20 21 25 28 30 35 42 50 60 70 75 84 100 105 139 140 150 175 210 278 300 350 417 420 525 556 695 700 823 834 973 1,050 1,390 1,646 1,668 1,946 2,085 2,100 2,469 2,780 2,919 3,292 3,475 3,892 4,115 4,170 4,865 4,938 5,761 5,838 6,950 8,230 8,340 9,730 9,876 10,425 11,522 11,676 12,345 13,900 14,595 16,460 17,283 19,460 20,575 20,850 23,044 24,325 24,690 28,805 29,190 34,566 41,150 41,700 48,650 49,380 57,610 58,380 61,725 69,132 72,975 82,300 86,415 97,300 114,397 115,220 123,450 144,025 145,950 172,830 228,794 246,900 288,050 291,900 343,191 345,660 432,075 457,588 571,985 576,100 686,382 800,779 864,150 1,143,970 1,372,764 1,601,558 1,715,955 1,728,300 2,287,940 2,402,337 2,859,925 3,203,116 3,431,910 4,003,895 4,804,674 5,719,850 6,863,820 8,007,790 8,579,775 9,609,348 11,439,700 12,011,685 16,015,580 17,159,550 20,019,475 24,023,370 34,319,100 40,038,950 48,046,740 60,058,425 80,077,900 120,116,850 and 240,233,700, with no remainder.

Since 240,233,700 cannot be divided by just 1 and 240,233,700, 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).