Q: Is 240,523,400 a Composite Number?

Why is 240,523,400 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 240,523,400 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 13 20 25 26 40 50 52 65 79 100 104 130 158 200 260 316 325 395 520 632 650 790 1,027 1,171 1,300 1,580 1,975 2,054 2,342 2,600 3,160 3,950 4,108 4,684 5,135 5,855 7,900 8,216 9,368 10,270 11,710 15,223 15,800 20,540 23,420 25,675 29,275 30,446 41,080 46,840 51,350 58,550 60,892 76,115 92,509 102,700 117,100 121,784 152,230 185,018 205,400 234,200 304,460 370,036 380,575 462,545 608,920 740,072 761,150 925,090 1,202,617 1,522,300 1,850,180 2,312,725 2,405,234 3,044,600 3,700,360 4,625,450 4,810,468 6,013,085 9,250,900 9,620,936 12,026,170 18,501,800 24,052,340 30,065,425 48,104,680 60,130,850 120,261,700 and 240,523,400, with no remainder.

Since 240,523,400 cannot be divided by just 1 and 240,523,400, 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).