Q: Is 242,000,136 a Composite Number?

Why is 242,000,136 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 242,000,136 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 18 21 24 27 28 31 36 42 54 56 62 63 72 81 84 93 108 124 126 162 168 186 189 216 217 248 252 279 324 372 378 434 504 558 567 648 651 744 756 837 868 1,116 1,134 1,302 1,512 1,674 1,721 1,736 1,953 2,232 2,268 2,511 2,604 3,348 3,442 3,906 4,536 5,022 5,163 5,208 5,859 6,696 6,884 7,812 10,044 10,326 11,718 12,047 13,768 15,489 15,624 17,577 20,088 20,652 23,436 24,094 30,978 35,154 36,141 41,304 46,467 46,872 48,188 53,351 61,956 70,308 72,282 92,934 96,376 106,702 108,423 123,912 139,401 140,616 144,564 160,053 185,868 213,404 216,846 278,802 289,128 320,106 325,269 371,736 373,457 426,808 433,692 480,159 557,604 640,212 650,538 746,914 867,384 960,318 975,807 1,115,208 1,120,371 1,280,424 1,301,076 1,440,477 1,493,828 1,920,636 1,951,614 2,240,742 2,602,152 2,880,954 2,987,656 3,361,113 3,841,272 3,903,228 4,321,431 4,481,484 5,761,908 6,722,226 7,806,456 8,642,862 8,962,968 10,083,339 11,523,816 13,444,452 17,285,724 20,166,678 26,888,904 30,250,017 34,571,448 40,333,356 60,500,034 80,666,712 121,000,068 and 242,000,136, with no remainder.

Since 242,000,136 cannot be divided by just 1 and 242,000,136, 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).