Q: Is 242,217,570 a Composite Number?

Why is 242,217,570 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 242,217,570 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 5 6 7 10 14 15 21 29 30 31 35 42 58 62 70 87 93 105 145 155 174 186 203 210 217 290 310 406 434 435 465 609 651 870 899 930 1,015 1,085 1,218 1,283 1,302 1,798 2,030 2,170 2,566 2,697 3,045 3,255 3,849 4,495 5,394 6,090 6,293 6,415 6,510 7,698 8,981 8,990 12,586 12,830 13,485 17,962 18,879 19,245 26,943 26,970 31,465 37,207 37,758 38,490 39,773 44,905 53,886 62,930 74,414 79,546 89,810 94,395 111,621 119,319 134,715 186,035 188,790 198,865 223,242 238,638 260,449 269,430 278,411 372,070 397,730 520,898 556,822 558,105 596,595 781,347 835,233 1,116,210 1,153,417 1,193,190 1,302,245 1,392,055 1,562,694 1,670,466 2,306,834 2,604,490 2,784,110 3,460,251 3,906,735 4,176,165 5,767,085 6,920,502 7,813,470 8,073,919 8,352,330 11,534,170 16,147,838 17,301,255 24,221,757 34,602,510 40,369,595 48,443,514 80,739,190 121,108,785 and 242,217,570, with no remainder.

Since 242,217,570 cannot be divided by just 1 and 242,217,570, 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).