Q: Is 240,563,844 a Composite Number?

Why is 240,563,844 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 240,563,844 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 18 27 31 36 43 54 62 81 86 93 108 124 129 162 172 186 258 279 324 372 387 516 557 558 774 837 1,114 1,116 1,161 1,333 1,548 1,671 1,674 2,228 2,322 2,511 2,666 3,342 3,348 3,483 3,999 4,644 5,013 5,022 5,332 6,684 6,966 7,998 10,026 10,044 11,997 13,932 15,039 15,996 17,267 20,052 23,951 23,994 30,078 34,534 35,991 45,117 47,902 47,988 51,801 60,156 69,068 71,853 71,982 90,234 95,804 103,602 107,973 143,706 143,964 155,403 180,468 207,204 215,559 215,946 287,412 310,806 431,118 431,892 466,209 621,612 646,677 742,481 862,236 932,418 1,293,354 1,398,627 1,484,962 1,864,836 1,940,031 2,227,443 2,586,708 2,797,254 2,969,924 3,880,062 4,454,886 5,594,508 6,682,329 7,760,124 8,909,772 13,364,658 20,046,987 26,729,316 40,093,974 60,140,961 80,187,948 120,281,922 and 240,563,844, with no remainder.

Since 240,563,844 cannot be divided by just 1 and 240,563,844, 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).