Q: Is 242,112,164 a Composite Number?

Why is 242,112,164 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 242,112,164 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 14 17 28 34 37 59 68 74 118 119 148 233 236 238 259 413 466 476 518 629 826 932 1,003 1,036 1,258 1,631 1,652 2,006 2,183 2,516 3,262 3,961 4,012 4,366 4,403 6,524 7,021 7,922 8,621 8,732 8,806 13,747 14,042 15,281 15,844 17,242 17,612 27,494 27,727 28,084 30,562 34,484 37,111 54,988 55,454 60,347 61,124 74,222 96,229 110,908 120,694 146,557 148,444 192,458 233,699 241,388 259,777 293,114 384,916 467,398 508,639 519,554 586,228 934,796 1,017,278 1,025,899 1,039,108 1,635,893 2,034,556 2,051,798 3,271,786 3,560,473 4,103,596 6,543,572 7,120,946 8,646,863 14,241,892 17,293,726 34,587,452 60,528,041 121,056,082 and 242,112,164, with no remainder.

Since 242,112,164 cannot be divided by just 1 and 242,112,164, 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).