Q: Is 242,013,222 a Composite Number?

Why is 242,013,222 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 242,013,222 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 11 18 19 22 23 33 38 46 57 66 69 99 114 138 171 198 207 209 253 342 414 418 437 506 627 759 874 1,254 1,311 1,518 1,881 2,277 2,622 2,797 3,762 3,933 4,554 4,807 5,594 7,866 8,391 9,614 14,421 16,782 25,173 28,842 30,767 43,263 50,346 53,143 61,534 64,331 86,526 92,301 106,286 128,662 159,429 184,602 192,993 276,903 318,858 385,986 478,287 553,806 578,979 584,573 707,641 956,574 1,157,958 1,169,146 1,222,289 1,415,282 1,753,719 2,122,923 2,444,578 3,507,438 3,666,867 4,245,846 5,261,157 6,368,769 7,333,734 10,522,314 11,000,601 12,737,538 13,445,179 22,001,202 26,890,358 40,335,537 80,671,074 121,006,611 and 242,013,222, with no remainder.

Since 242,013,222 cannot be divided by just 1 and 242,013,222, 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).