Q: Is 240,346,782 a Composite Number?

Why is 240,346,782 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 240,346,782 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 13 17 18 26 31 34 39 51 62 78 93 102 117 153 186 221 234 279 306 403 442 527 558 663 806 1,054 1,209 1,326 1,581 1,949 1,989 2,418 3,162 3,627 3,898 3,978 4,743 5,847 6,851 7,254 9,486 11,694 13,702 17,541 20,553 25,337 33,133 35,082 41,106 50,674 60,419 61,659 66,266 76,011 99,399 120,838 123,318 152,022 181,257 198,798 228,033 298,197 362,514 430,729 456,066 543,771 596,394 785,447 861,458 1,027,123 1,087,542 1,292,187 1,570,894 2,054,246 2,356,341 2,584,374 3,081,369 3,876,561 4,712,682 6,162,738 7,069,023 7,753,122 9,244,107 13,352,599 14,138,046 18,488,214 26,705,198 40,057,797 80,115,594 120,173,391 and 240,346,782, with no remainder.

Since 240,346,782 cannot be divided by just 1 and 240,346,782, 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).