Q: Is 242,236,440 a Composite Number?

Why is 242,236,440 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 242,236,440 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 12 15 18 20 24 27 30 36 40 45 54 60 72 90 108 120 135 180 211 216 270 360 422 540 633 844 1,055 1,063 1,080 1,266 1,688 1,899 2,110 2,126 2,532 3,165 3,189 3,798 4,220 4,252 5,064 5,315 5,697 6,330 6,378 7,596 8,440 8,504 9,495 9,567 10,630 11,394 12,660 12,756 15,192 15,945 18,990 19,134 21,260 22,788 25,320 25,512 28,485 28,701 31,890 37,980 38,268 42,520 45,576 47,835 56,970 57,402 63,780 75,960 76,536 95,670 113,940 114,804 127,560 143,505 191,340 224,293 227,880 229,608 287,010 382,680 448,586 574,020 672,879 897,172 1,121,465 1,148,040 1,345,758 1,794,344 2,018,637 2,242,930 2,691,516 3,364,395 4,037,274 4,485,860 5,383,032 6,055,911 6,728,790 8,074,548 8,971,720 10,093,185 12,111,822 13,457,580 16,149,096 20,186,370 24,223,644 26,915,160 30,279,555 40,372,740 48,447,288 60,559,110 80,745,480 121,118,220 and 242,236,440, with no remainder.

Since 242,236,440 cannot be divided by just 1 and 242,236,440, 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).