Q: Is 241,043,472 a Composite Number?

Why is 241,043,472 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 241,043,472 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 27 36 48 54 72 108 109 144 216 218 327 432 436 654 872 981 1,308 1,744 1,962 2,616 2,943 3,924 5,119 5,232 5,886 7,848 10,238 11,772 15,357 15,696 20,476 23,544 30,714 40,952 46,071 47,088 61,428 81,904 92,142 122,856 138,213 184,284 245,712 276,426 368,568 552,852 557,971 737,136 1,105,704 1,115,942 1,673,913 2,211,408 2,231,884 3,347,826 4,463,768 5,021,739 6,695,652 8,927,536 10,043,478 13,391,304 15,065,217 20,086,956 26,782,608 30,130,434 40,173,912 60,260,868 80,347,824 120,521,736 and 241,043,472, with no remainder.

Since 241,043,472 cannot be divided by just 1 and 241,043,472, 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).