Q: Is 242,195,616 a Composite Number?

Why is 242,195,616 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 242,195,616 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 13 16 18 24 26 27 32 36 39 48 52 54 72 78 96 104 108 117 144 156 208 216 234 288 312 351 416 432 468 624 702 864 936 1,248 1,404 1,872 2,808 3,744 5,616 11,232 21,563 43,126 64,689 86,252 129,378 172,504 194,067 258,756 280,319 345,008 388,134 517,512 560,638 582,201 690,016 776,268 840,957 1,035,024 1,121,276 1,164,402 1,552,536 1,681,914 2,070,048 2,242,552 2,328,804 2,522,871 3,105,072 3,363,828 4,485,104 4,657,608 5,045,742 6,210,144 6,727,656 7,568,613 8,970,208 9,315,216 10,091,484 13,455,312 15,137,226 18,630,432 20,182,968 26,910,624 30,274,452 40,365,936 60,548,904 80,731,872 121,097,808 and 242,195,616, with no remainder.

Since 242,195,616 cannot be divided by just 1 and 242,195,616, 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).