Q: Is 241,037,424 a Composite Number?

Why is 241,037,424 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 241,037,424 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 17 18 23 24 27 34 36 46 48 51 54 68 69 72 92 102 108 136 138 144 153 184 204 207 216 272 276 306 368 391 408 414 432 459 552 612 621 782 816 828 918 1,104 1,173 1,224 1,242 1,427 1,564 1,656 1,836 2,346 2,448 2,484 2,854 3,128 3,312 3,519 3,672 4,281 4,692 4,968 5,708 6,256 7,038 7,344 8,562 9,384 9,936 10,557 11,416 12,843 14,076 17,124 18,768 21,114 22,832 24,259 25,686 28,152 32,821 34,248 38,529 42,228 48,518 51,372 56,304 65,642 68,496 72,777 77,058 84,456 97,036 98,463 102,744 131,284 145,554 154,116 168,912 194,072 196,926 205,488 218,331 262,568 291,108 295,389 308,232 388,144 393,852 436,662 525,136 557,957 582,216 590,778 616,464 654,993 787,704 873,324 886,167 1,115,914 1,164,432 1,181,556 1,309,986 1,575,408 1,673,871 1,746,648 1,772,334 2,231,828 2,363,112 2,619,972 3,347,742 3,493,296 3,544,668 4,463,656 4,726,224 5,021,613 5,239,944 6,695,484 7,089,336 8,927,312 10,043,226 10,479,888 13,390,968 14,178,672 15,064,839 20,086,452 26,781,936 30,129,678 40,172,904 60,259,356 80,345,808 120,518,712 and 241,037,424, with no remainder.

Since 241,037,424 cannot be divided by just 1 and 241,037,424, 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).