Q: Is 242,136,648 a Composite Number?

Why is 242,136,648 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 242,136,648 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 13 18 24 26 27 36 39 52 53 54 72 78 104 106 108 117 156 159 212 216 234 312 318 351 424 468 477 636 689 702 936 954 1,272 1,378 1,404 1,431 1,627 1,908 2,067 2,756 2,808 2,862 3,254 3,816 4,134 4,881 5,512 5,724 6,201 6,508 8,268 9,762 11,448 12,402 13,016 14,643 16,536 18,603 19,524 21,151 24,804 29,286 37,206 39,048 42,302 43,929 49,608 58,572 63,453 74,412 84,604 86,231 87,858 117,144 126,906 148,824 169,208 172,462 175,716 190,359 253,812 258,693 344,924 351,432 380,718 507,624 517,386 571,077 689,848 761,436 776,079 1,034,772 1,121,003 1,142,154 1,522,872 1,552,158 2,069,544 2,242,006 2,284,308 2,328,237 3,104,316 3,363,009 4,484,012 4,568,616 4,656,474 6,208,632 6,726,018 8,968,024 9,312,948 10,089,027 13,452,036 18,625,896 20,178,054 26,904,072 30,267,081 40,356,108 60,534,162 80,712,216 121,068,324 and 242,136,648, with no remainder.

Since 242,136,648 cannot be divided by just 1 and 242,136,648, 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).