Q: Is 242,243,160 a Composite Number?

Why is 242,243,160 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 242,243,160 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 19 20 24 30 38 40 57 60 76 95 114 120 152 181 190 228 285 362 380 456 543 570 587 724 760 905 1,086 1,140 1,174 1,448 1,761 1,810 2,172 2,280 2,348 2,715 2,935 3,439 3,522 3,620 4,344 4,696 5,430 5,870 6,878 7,044 7,240 8,805 10,317 10,860 11,153 11,740 13,756 14,088 17,195 17,610 20,634 21,720 22,306 23,480 27,512 33,459 34,390 35,220 41,268 44,612 51,585 55,765 66,918 68,780 70,440 82,536 89,224 103,170 106,247 111,530 133,836 137,560 167,295 206,340 212,494 223,060 267,672 318,741 334,590 412,680 424,988 446,120 531,235 637,482 669,180 849,976 1,062,470 1,274,964 1,338,360 1,593,705 2,018,693 2,124,940 2,549,928 3,187,410 4,037,386 4,249,880 6,056,079 6,374,820 8,074,772 10,093,465 12,112,158 12,749,640 16,149,544 20,186,930 24,224,316 30,280,395 40,373,860 48,448,632 60,560,790 80,747,720 121,121,580 and 242,243,160, with no remainder.

Since 242,243,160 cannot be divided by just 1 and 242,243,160, 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).