Q: Is 240,411,444 a Composite Number?

Why is 240,411,444 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 240,411,444 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 12 13 14 21 26 28 39 42 49 52 78 84 91 98 147 156 182 196 273 294 343 364 546 588 637 686 1,029 1,092 1,274 1,372 1,911 2,058 2,548 3,822 4,116 4,459 4,493 7,644 8,918 8,986 13,377 13,479 17,836 17,972 26,754 26,958 31,451 53,508 53,916 58,409 62,902 94,353 116,818 125,804 175,227 188,706 220,157 233,636 350,454 377,412 408,863 440,314 660,471 700,908 817,726 880,628 1,226,589 1,320,942 1,541,099 1,635,452 2,453,178 2,641,884 2,862,041 3,082,198 4,623,297 4,906,356 5,724,082 6,164,396 8,586,123 9,246,594 11,448,164 17,172,246 18,493,188 20,034,287 34,344,492 40,068,574 60,102,861 80,137,148 120,205,722 and 240,411,444, with no remainder.

Since 240,411,444 cannot be divided by just 1 and 240,411,444, 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).