Q: Is 240,473,160 a Composite Number?

Why is 240,473,160 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 240,473,160 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 12 15 17 18 20 24 30 34 36 40 45 51 60 68 72 85 90 102 120 136 153 170 180 204 255 306 340 360 408 510 612 680 765 1,020 1,224 1,530 2,040 3,060 6,120 39,293 78,586 117,879 157,172 196,465 235,758 314,344 353,637 392,930 471,516 589,395 667,981 707,274 785,860 943,032 1,178,790 1,335,962 1,414,548 1,571,720 1,768,185 2,003,943 2,357,580 2,671,924 2,829,096 3,339,905 3,536,370 4,007,886 4,715,160 5,343,848 6,011,829 6,679,810 7,072,740 8,015,772 10,019,715 12,023,658 13,359,620 14,145,480 16,031,544 20,039,430 24,047,316 26,719,240 30,059,145 40,078,860 48,094,632 60,118,290 80,157,720 120,236,580 and 240,473,160, with no remainder.

Since 240,473,160 cannot be divided by just 1 and 240,473,160, 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).