Q: Is 240,310,008 a Composite Number?

Why is 240,310,008 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 240,310,008 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 24 29 36 58 71 72 87 116 142 174 213 232 261 284 348 426 522 568 639 696 852 1,044 1,278 1,621 1,704 2,059 2,088 2,556 3,242 4,118 4,863 5,112 6,177 6,484 8,236 9,726 12,354 12,968 14,589 16,472 18,531 19,452 24,708 29,178 37,062 38,904 47,009 49,416 58,356 74,124 94,018 115,091 116,712 141,027 148,248 188,036 230,182 282,054 345,273 376,072 423,081 460,364 564,108 690,546 846,162 920,728 1,035,819 1,128,216 1,381,092 1,692,324 2,071,638 2,762,184 3,337,639 3,384,648 4,143,276 6,675,278 8,286,552 10,012,917 13,350,556 20,025,834 26,701,112 30,038,751 40,051,668 60,077,502 80,103,336 120,155,004 and 240,310,008, with no remainder.

Since 240,310,008 cannot be divided by just 1 and 240,310,008, 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).