Q: Is 240,564,552 a Composite Number?

Why is 240,564,552 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 240,564,552 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 17 24 34 51 68 102 136 204 408 461 922 1,279 1,383 1,844 2,558 2,766 3,688 3,837 5,116 5,532 7,674 7,837 10,232 11,064 15,348 15,674 21,743 23,511 30,696 31,348 43,486 47,022 62,696 65,229 86,972 94,044 130,458 173,944 188,088 260,916 521,832 589,619 1,179,238 1,768,857 2,358,476 3,537,714 4,716,952 7,075,428 10,023,523 14,150,856 20,047,046 30,070,569 40,094,092 60,141,138 80,188,184 120,282,276 and 240,564,552, with no remainder.

Since 240,564,552 cannot be divided by just 1 and 240,564,552, 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).