Q: Is 240,561,200 a Composite Number?

Why is 240,561,200 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 240,561,200 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 11 16 20 22 25 40 44 50 55 80 88 100 110 176 200 220 275 400 440 550 880 1,100 2,200 4,400 54,673 109,346 218,692 273,365 437,384 546,730 601,403 874,768 1,093,460 1,202,806 1,366,825 2,186,920 2,405,612 2,733,650 3,007,015 4,373,840 4,811,224 5,467,300 6,014,030 9,622,448 10,934,600 12,028,060 15,035,075 21,869,200 24,056,120 30,070,150 48,112,240 60,140,300 120,280,600 and 240,561,200, with no remainder.

Since 240,561,200 cannot be divided by just 1 and 240,561,200, 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).