Q: Is 241,237,584 a Composite Number?

Why is 241,237,584 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 241,237,584 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 16 18 21 24 28 36 42 48 49 56 63 72 84 98 112 126 144 147 168 179 191 196 252 294 336 358 382 392 441 504 537 573 588 716 764 784 882 1,008 1,074 1,146 1,176 1,253 1,337 1,432 1,528 1,611 1,719 1,764 2,148 2,292 2,352 2,506 2,674 2,864 3,056 3,222 3,438 3,528 3,759 4,011 4,296 4,584 5,012 5,348 6,444 6,876 7,056 7,518 8,022 8,592 8,771 9,168 9,359 10,024 10,696 11,277 12,033 12,888 13,752 15,036 16,044 17,542 18,718 20,048 21,392 22,554 24,066 25,776 26,313 27,504 28,077 30,072 32,088 34,189 35,084 37,436 45,108 48,132 52,626 56,154 60,144 64,176 68,378 70,168 74,872 78,939 84,231 90,216 96,264 102,567 105,252 112,308 136,756 140,336 149,744 157,878 168,462 180,432 192,528 205,134 210,504 224,616 239,323 273,512 307,701 315,756 336,924 410,268 421,008 449,232 478,646 547,024 615,402 631,512 673,848 717,969 820,536 957,292 1,230,804 1,263,024 1,347,696 1,435,938 1,641,072 1,675,261 1,914,584 2,153,907 2,461,608 2,871,876 3,350,522 3,829,168 4,307,814 4,923,216 5,025,783 5,743,752 6,701,044 8,615,628 10,051,566 11,487,504 13,402,088 15,077,349 17,231,256 20,103,132 26,804,176 30,154,698 34,462,512 40,206,264 60,309,396 80,412,528 120,618,792 and 241,237,584, with no remainder.

Since 241,237,584 cannot be divided by just 1 and 241,237,584, 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).