Q: Is 240,718,584 a Composite Number?

Why is 240,718,584 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 240,718,584 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 24 47 59 94 118 141 177 188 236 282 354 376 472 564 708 1,128 1,416 2,773 3,617 5,546 7,234 8,319 10,851 11,092 14,468 16,638 21,702 22,184 28,936 33,276 43,404 66,552 86,808 169,999 213,403 339,998 426,806 509,997 640,209 679,996 853,612 1,019,994 1,280,418 1,359,992 1,707,224 2,039,988 2,560,836 4,079,976 5,121,672 10,029,941 20,059,882 30,089,823 40,119,764 60,179,646 80,239,528 120,359,292 and 240,718,584, with no remainder.

Since 240,718,584 cannot be divided by just 1 and 240,718,584, 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).