Q: Is 240,534,084 a Composite Number?

Why is 240,534,084 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 240,534,084 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 12 14 21 28 31 42 62 71 84 93 124 142 186 213 217 284 372 426 434 497 651 852 868 994 1,301 1,302 1,491 1,988 2,201 2,602 2,604 2,982 3,903 4,402 5,204 5,964 6,603 7,806 8,804 9,107 13,206 15,407 15,612 18,214 26,412 27,321 30,814 36,428 40,331 46,221 54,642 61,628 80,662 92,371 92,442 109,284 120,993 161,324 184,742 184,884 241,986 277,113 282,317 369,484 483,972 554,226 564,634 646,597 846,951 1,108,452 1,129,268 1,293,194 1,693,902 1,939,791 2,586,388 2,863,501 3,387,804 3,879,582 5,727,002 7,759,164 8,590,503 11,454,004 17,181,006 20,044,507 34,362,012 40,089,014 60,133,521 80,178,028 120,267,042 and 240,534,084, with no remainder.

Since 240,534,084 cannot be divided by just 1 and 240,534,084, 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).