Q: Is 240,531,102 a Composite Number?

Why is 240,531,102 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 240,531,102 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 9 14 18 21 23 42 46 49 63 69 71 98 126 138 142 147 161 167 207 213 294 322 334 414 426 441 483 497 501 639 882 966 994 1,002 1,127 1,169 1,278 1,449 1,491 1,503 1,633 2,254 2,338 2,898 2,982 3,006 3,266 3,381 3,479 3,507 3,841 4,473 4,899 6,762 6,958 7,014 7,682 8,183 8,946 9,798 10,143 10,437 10,521 11,431 11,523 11,857 14,697 16,366 20,286 20,874 21,042 22,862 23,046 23,714 24,549 26,887 29,394 31,311 34,293 34,569 35,571 49,098 53,774 62,622 68,586 69,138 71,142 73,647 80,017 80,661 82,999 102,879 106,713 147,294 160,034 161,322 165,998 188,209 205,758 213,426 240,051 241,983 248,997 272,711 376,418 480,102 483,966 497,994 545,422 564,627 580,993 720,153 746,991 818,133 1,129,254 1,161,986 1,440,306 1,493,982 1,636,266 1,693,881 1,742,979 1,908,977 2,454,399 3,387,762 3,485,958 3,817,954 4,908,798 5,228,937 5,726,931 10,457,874 11,453,862 13,362,839 17,180,793 26,725,678 34,361,586 40,088,517 80,177,034 120,265,551 and 240,531,102, with no remainder.

Since 240,531,102 cannot be divided by just 1 and 240,531,102, 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).