Q: Is 240,626,456 a Composite Number?

Why is 240,626,456 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 240,626,456 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 28 29 49 56 58 61 98 116 122 196 203 232 244 347 392 406 427 488 694 812 854 1,388 1,421 1,624 1,708 1,769 2,429 2,776 2,842 2,989 3,416 3,538 4,858 5,684 5,978 7,076 9,716 10,063 11,368 11,956 12,383 14,152 17,003 19,432 20,126 21,167 23,912 24,766 34,006 40,252 42,334 49,532 68,012 70,441 80,504 84,668 86,681 99,064 136,024 140,882 148,169 169,336 173,362 281,764 296,338 346,724 493,087 563,528 592,676 613,843 693,448 986,174 1,037,183 1,185,352 1,227,686 1,972,348 2,074,366 2,455,372 3,944,696 4,148,732 4,296,901 4,910,744 8,297,464 8,593,802 17,187,604 30,078,307 34,375,208 60,156,614 120,313,228 and 240,626,456, with no remainder.

Since 240,626,456 cannot be divided by just 1 and 240,626,456, 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).