Q: Is 240,614,556 a Composite Number?

Why is 240,614,556 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 240,614,556 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 12 13 14 19 21 26 28 38 39 42 52 57 76 78 84 91 114 133 156 182 228 247 266 273 364 399 494 532 546 741 798 988 1,092 1,482 1,596 1,729 2,964 3,458 5,187 6,916 10,374 11,597 20,748 23,194 34,791 46,388 69,582 81,179 139,164 150,761 162,358 220,343 243,537 301,522 324,716 440,686 452,283 487,074 603,044 661,029 881,372 904,566 974,148 1,055,327 1,322,058 1,542,401 1,809,132 2,110,654 2,644,116 2,864,459 3,084,802 3,165,981 4,221,308 4,627,203 5,728,918 6,169,604 6,331,962 8,593,377 9,254,406 11,457,836 12,663,924 17,186,754 18,508,812 20,051,213 34,373,508 40,102,426 60,153,639 80,204,852 120,307,278 and 240,614,556, with no remainder.

Since 240,614,556 cannot be divided by just 1 and 240,614,556, 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).