Q: Is 240,237,102 a Composite Number?

Why is 240,237,102 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 240,237,102 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 14 19 21 29 38 42 49 57 58 87 98 114 133 147 174 203 266 294 399 406 551 609 798 931 1,102 1,218 1,421 1,483 1,653 1,862 2,793 2,842 2,966 3,306 3,857 4,263 4,449 5,586 7,714 8,526 8,898 10,381 11,571 20,762 23,142 26,999 28,177 31,143 43,007 53,998 56,354 62,286 72,667 80,997 84,531 86,014 129,021 145,334 161,994 169,062 197,239 218,001 258,042 301,049 394,478 436,002 591,717 602,098 817,133 903,147 1,183,434 1,380,673 1,634,266 1,806,294 2,107,343 2,451,399 2,761,346 4,142,019 4,214,686 4,902,798 5,719,931 6,322,029 8,284,038 11,439,862 12,644,058 17,159,793 34,319,586 40,039,517 80,079,034 120,118,551 and 240,237,102, with no remainder.

Since 240,237,102 cannot be divided by just 1 and 240,237,102, 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).