Q: Is 240,244,000 a Composite Number?

Why is 240,244,000 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 240,244,000 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 16 17 20 25 32 34 40 50 68 80 85 100 125 136 160 170 200 250 272 340 400 425 500 544 680 800 850 1,000 1,360 1,700 2,000 2,125 2,720 3,400 3,533 4,000 4,250 6,800 7,066 8,500 13,600 14,132 17,000 17,665 28,264 34,000 35,330 56,528 60,061 68,000 70,660 88,325 113,056 120,122 141,320 176,650 240,244 282,640 300,305 353,300 441,625 480,488 565,280 600,610 706,600 883,250 960,976 1,201,220 1,413,200 1,501,525 1,766,500 1,921,952 2,402,440 2,826,400 3,003,050 3,533,000 4,804,880 6,006,100 7,066,000 7,507,625 9,609,760 12,012,200 14,132,000 15,015,250 24,024,400 30,030,500 48,048,800 60,061,000 120,122,000 and 240,244,000, with no remainder.

Since 240,244,000 cannot be divided by just 1 and 240,244,000, 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).