Q: Is 240,602,340 a Composite Number?

Why is 240,602,340 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 240,602,340 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 10 11 12 15 20 22 30 33 44 55 60 66 107 110 132 165 214 220 321 330 428 535 642 660 1,070 1,177 1,284 1,605 2,140 2,354 3,210 3,407 3,531 4,708 5,885 6,420 6,814 7,062 10,221 11,770 13,628 14,124 17,035 17,655 20,442 23,540 34,070 35,310 37,477 40,884 51,105 68,140 70,620 74,954 102,210 112,431 149,908 187,385 204,420 224,862 364,549 374,770 449,724 562,155 729,098 749,540 1,093,647 1,124,310 1,458,196 1,822,745 2,187,294 2,248,620 3,645,490 4,010,039 4,374,588 5,468,235 7,290,980 8,020,078 10,936,470 12,030,117 16,040,156 20,050,195 21,872,940 24,060,234 40,100,390 48,120,468 60,150,585 80,200,780 120,301,170 and 240,602,340, with no remainder.

Since 240,602,340 cannot be divided by just 1 and 240,602,340, 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).