Q: Is 242,132,224 a Composite Number?

Why is 242,132,224 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 242,132,224 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 16 17 23 32 34 41 46 59 64 68 82 92 118 128 136 164 184 236 256 272 328 368 391 472 544 656 697 736 782 943 944 1,003 1,088 1,312 1,357 1,394 1,472 1,564 1,886 1,888 2,006 2,176 2,419 2,624 2,714 2,788 2,944 3,128 3,772 3,776 4,012 4,352 4,838 5,248 5,428 5,576 5,888 6,256 7,544 7,552 8,024 9,676 10,496 10,856 11,152 12,512 15,088 15,104 16,031 16,048 19,352 21,712 22,304 23,069 25,024 30,176 32,062 32,096 38,704 41,123 43,424 44,608 46,138 50,048 55,637 60,352 64,124 64,192 77,408 82,246 86,848 89,216 92,276 100,096 111,274 120,704 128,248 128,384 154,816 164,492 173,696 178,432 184,552 222,548 241,408 256,496 256,768 309,632 328,984 347,392 369,104 445,096 512,992 619,264 657,968 738,208 890,192 945,829 1,025,984 1,315,936 1,476,416 1,780,384 1,891,658 2,051,968 2,631,872 2,952,832 3,560,768 3,783,316 4,103,936 5,263,744 5,905,664 7,121,536 7,566,632 10,527,488 14,243,072 15,133,264 30,266,528 60,533,056 121,066,112 and 242,132,224, with no remainder.

Since 242,132,224 cannot be divided by just 1 and 242,132,224, 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).