Q: Is 240,243,354 a Composite Number?

Why is 240,243,354 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 240,243,354 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 13 17 18 26 27 34 39 41 51 54 78 82 102 117 123 153 221 234 246 306 351 369 442 459 491 533 663 697 702 738 918 982 1,066 1,107 1,326 1,394 1,473 1,599 1,989 2,091 2,214 2,946 3,198 3,978 4,182 4,419 4,797 5,967 6,273 6,383 8,347 8,838 9,061 9,594 11,934 12,546 12,766 13,257 14,391 16,694 18,122 18,819 19,149 20,131 25,041 26,514 27,183 28,782 37,638 38,298 40,262 50,082 54,366 57,447 60,393 75,123 81,549 108,511 114,894 120,786 150,246 163,098 172,341 181,179 217,022 225,369 244,647 261,703 325,533 342,227 344,682 362,358 450,738 489,294 523,406 543,537 651,066 684,454 785,109 976,599 1,026,681 1,087,074 1,570,218 1,953,198 2,053,362 2,355,327 2,929,797 3,080,043 4,448,951 4,710,654 5,859,594 6,160,086 7,065,981 8,897,902 9,240,129 13,346,853 14,131,962 18,480,258 26,693,706 40,040,559 80,081,118 120,121,677 and 240,243,354, with no remainder.

Since 240,243,354 cannot be divided by just 1 and 240,243,354, 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).