Q: Is 240,552,144 a Composite Number?

Why is 240,552,144 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 240,552,144 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 16 18 21 24 28 36 42 48 56 63 72 84 112 126 144 167 168 252 334 336 501 504 668 1,002 1,008 1,169 1,336 1,429 1,503 2,004 2,338 2,672 2,858 3,006 3,507 4,008 4,287 4,676 5,716 6,012 7,014 8,016 8,574 9,352 10,003 10,521 11,432 12,024 12,861 14,028 17,148 18,704 20,006 21,042 22,864 24,048 25,722 28,056 30,009 34,296 40,012 42,084 51,444 56,112 60,018 68,592 80,024 84,168 90,027 102,888 120,036 160,048 168,336 180,054 205,776 238,643 240,072 360,108 477,286 480,144 715,929 720,216 954,572 1,431,858 1,440,432 1,670,501 1,909,144 2,147,787 2,863,716 3,341,002 3,818,288 4,295,574 5,011,503 5,727,432 6,682,004 8,591,148 10,023,006 11,454,864 13,364,008 15,034,509 17,182,296 20,046,012 26,728,016 30,069,018 34,364,592 40,092,024 60,138,036 80,184,048 120,276,072 and 240,552,144, with no remainder.

Since 240,552,144 cannot be divided by just 1 and 240,552,144, 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).