Q: Is 242,014,320 a Composite Number?

Why is 242,014,320 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 242,014,320 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 12 15 16 18 20 24 30 36 40 43 45 48 60 72 80 86 90 120 129 144 172 180 215 240 258 344 360 387 430 516 645 688 720 774 860 1,032 1,290 1,548 1,720 1,935 2,064 2,580 3,096 3,440 3,870 5,160 6,192 7,740 7,817 10,320 15,480 15,634 23,451 30,960 31,268 39,085 46,902 62,536 70,353 78,170 93,804 117,255 125,072 140,706 156,340 187,608 234,510 281,412 312,680 336,131 351,765 375,216 469,020 562,824 625,360 672,262 703,530 938,040 1,008,393 1,125,648 1,344,524 1,407,060 1,680,655 1,876,080 2,016,786 2,689,048 2,814,120 3,025,179 3,361,310 4,033,572 5,041,965 5,378,096 5,628,240 6,050,358 6,722,620 8,067,144 10,083,930 12,100,716 13,445,240 15,125,895 16,134,288 20,167,860 24,201,432 26,890,480 30,251,790 40,335,720 48,402,864 60,503,580 80,671,440 121,007,160 and 242,014,320, with no remainder.

Since 242,014,320 cannot be divided by just 1 and 242,014,320, 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).