Q: Is 242,231,640 a Composite Number?

Why is 242,231,640 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 242,231,640 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 12 14 15 17 20 21 24 28 30 34 35 40 42 51 56 60 68 70 84 85 102 105 119 120 136 140 168 170 204 210 238 255 280 340 357 408 420 476 510 595 680 714 840 952 1,020 1,190 1,428 1,785 2,040 2,380 2,856 3,570 4,760 7,140 14,280 16,963 33,926 50,889 67,852 84,815 101,778 118,741 135,704 169,630 203,556 237,482 254,445 288,371 339,260 356,223 407,112 474,964 508,890 576,742 593,705 678,520 712,446 865,113 949,928 1,017,780 1,153,484 1,187,410 1,424,892 1,441,855 1,730,226 1,781,115 2,018,597 2,035,560 2,306,968 2,374,820 2,849,784 2,883,710 3,460,452 3,562,230 4,037,194 4,325,565 4,749,640 5,767,420 6,055,791 6,920,904 7,124,460 8,074,388 8,651,130 10,092,985 11,534,840 12,111,582 14,248,920 16,148,776 17,302,260 20,185,970 24,223,164 30,278,955 34,604,520 40,371,940 48,446,328 60,557,910 80,743,880 121,115,820 and 242,231,640, with no remainder.

Since 242,231,640 cannot be divided by just 1 and 242,231,640, 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).