Q: Is 240,666,552 a Composite Number?

Why is 240,666,552 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 240,666,552 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 17 18 21 24 27 28 34 36 42 51 54 56 63 68 72 81 84 102 108 119 126 136 153 162 168 189 204 216 238 252 306 324 357 378 408 459 476 504 567 612 648 714 756 918 952 1,071 1,134 1,224 1,377 1,428 1,512 1,836 2,142 2,268 2,754 2,856 3,121 3,213 3,672 4,284 4,536 5,508 6,242 6,426 8,568 9,363 9,639 11,016 12,484 12,852 18,726 19,278 21,847 24,968 25,704 28,089 37,452 38,556 43,694 53,057 56,178 65,541 74,904 77,112 84,267 87,388 106,114 112,356 131,082 159,171 168,534 174,776 196,623 212,228 224,712 252,801 262,164 318,342 337,068 371,399 393,246 424,456 477,513 505,602 524,328 589,869 636,684 674,136 742,798 786,492 955,026 1,011,204 1,114,197 1,179,738 1,273,368 1,432,539 1,485,596 1,572,984 1,769,607 1,910,052 2,022,408 2,228,394 2,359,476 2,865,078 2,971,192 3,342,591 3,539,214 3,820,104 4,297,617 4,456,788 4,718,952 5,730,156 6,685,182 7,078,428 8,595,234 8,913,576 10,027,773 11,460,312 13,370,364 14,156,856 17,190,468 20,055,546 26,740,728 30,083,319 34,380,936 40,111,092 60,166,638 80,222,184 120,333,276 and 240,666,552, with no remainder.

Since 240,666,552 cannot be divided by just 1 and 240,666,552, 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).