Q: Is 240,533,664 a Composite Number?

Why is 240,533,664 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 240,533,664 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 21 24 28 32 42 48 56 84 96 112 168 173 224 336 346 519 672 692 1,038 1,211 1,384 2,069 2,076 2,422 2,768 3,633 4,138 4,152 4,844 5,536 6,207 7,266 8,276 8,304 9,688 12,414 14,483 14,532 16,552 16,608 19,376 24,828 28,966 29,064 33,104 38,752 43,449 49,656 57,932 58,128 66,208 86,898 99,312 115,864 116,256 173,796 198,624 231,728 347,592 357,937 463,456 695,184 715,874 1,073,811 1,390,368 1,431,748 2,147,622 2,505,559 2,863,496 4,295,244 5,011,118 5,726,992 7,516,677 8,590,488 10,022,236 11,453,984 15,033,354 17,180,976 20,044,472 30,066,708 34,361,952 40,088,944 60,133,416 80,177,888 120,266,832 and 240,533,664, with no remainder.

Since 240,533,664 cannot be divided by just 1 and 240,533,664, 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).