Q: Is 241,331,040 a Composite Number?

Why is 241,331,040 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 241,331,040 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 12 15 16 18 20 24 29 30 32 36 40 45 48 58 60 72 80 87 90 96 116 120 144 145 160 174 180 232 240 261 288 290 348 360 435 464 480 522 580 696 720 870 928 1,044 1,160 1,305 1,392 1,440 1,740 2,088 2,320 2,610 2,784 3,480 4,176 4,640 5,220 5,779 6,960 8,352 10,440 11,558 13,920 17,337 20,880 23,116 28,895 34,674 41,760 46,232 52,011 57,790 69,348 86,685 92,464 104,022 115,580 138,696 167,591 173,370 184,928 208,044 231,160 260,055 277,392 335,182 346,740 416,088 462,320 502,773 520,110 554,784 670,364 693,480 832,176 837,955 924,640 1,005,546 1,040,220 1,340,728 1,386,960 1,508,319 1,664,352 1,675,910 2,011,092 2,080,440 2,513,865 2,681,456 2,773,920 3,016,638 3,351,820 4,022,184 4,160,880 5,027,730 5,362,912 6,033,276 6,703,640 7,541,595 8,044,368 8,321,760 10,055,460 12,066,552 13,407,280 15,083,190 16,088,736 20,110,920 24,133,104 26,814,560 30,166,380 40,221,840 48,266,208 60,332,760 80,443,680 120,665,520 and 241,331,040, with no remainder.

Since 241,331,040 cannot be divided by just 1 and 241,331,040, 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).