Q: Is 240,302,230 a Composite Number?

Why is 240,302,230 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 240,302,230 can be evenly divided by 1 2 5 7 10 14 35 41 70 82 101 202 205 287 410 505 574 707 829 1,010 1,414 1,435 1,658 2,870 3,535 4,141 4,145 5,803 7,070 8,282 8,290 11,606 20,705 28,987 29,015 33,989 41,410 57,974 58,030 67,978 83,729 144,935 167,458 169,945 237,923 289,870 339,890 418,645 475,846 586,103 837,290 1,172,206 1,189,615 2,379,230 2,930,515 3,432,889 5,861,030 6,865,778 17,164,445 24,030,223 34,328,890 48,060,446 120,151,115 and 240,302,230, with no remainder.

Since 240,302,230 cannot be divided by just 1 and 240,302,230, 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).