Q: Is 240,534,432 a Composite Number?

Why is 240,534,432 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 240,534,432 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 32 36 43 48 72 86 96 129 144 172 258 288 344 387 516 688 774 1,032 1,376 1,548 2,064 3,096 4,128 6,192 12,384 19,423 38,846 58,269 77,692 116,538 155,384 174,807 233,076 310,768 349,614 466,152 621,536 699,228 835,189 932,304 1,398,456 1,670,378 1,864,608 2,505,567 2,796,912 3,340,756 5,011,134 5,593,824 6,681,512 7,516,701 10,022,268 13,363,024 15,033,402 20,044,536 26,726,048 30,066,804 40,089,072 60,133,608 80,178,144 120,267,216 and 240,534,432, with no remainder.

Since 240,534,432 cannot be divided by just 1 and 240,534,432, 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).