Q: Is 242,251,520 a Composite Number?

Why is 242,251,520 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 242,251,520 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 8 10 14 16 19 20 28 32 35 38 40 56 64 70 76 80 95 112 128 133 140 152 160 190 224 256 266 280 304 320 380 448 532 560 608 640 665 760 896 1,064 1,120 1,216 1,280 1,330 1,423 1,520 1,792 2,128 2,240 2,432 2,660 2,846 3,040 4,256 4,480 4,864 5,320 5,692 6,080 7,115 8,512 8,960 9,961 10,640 11,384 12,160 14,230 17,024 19,922 21,280 22,768 24,320 27,037 28,460 34,048 39,844 42,560 45,536 49,805 54,074 56,920 79,688 85,120 91,072 99,610 108,148 113,840 135,185 159,376 170,240 182,144 189,259 199,220 216,296 227,680 270,370 318,752 364,288 378,518 398,440 432,592 455,360 540,740 637,504 757,036 796,880 865,184 910,720 946,295 1,081,480 1,275,008 1,514,072 1,593,760 1,730,368 1,821,440 1,892,590 2,162,960 2,550,016 3,028,144 3,187,520 3,460,736 3,785,180 4,325,920 6,056,288 6,375,040 6,921,472 7,570,360 8,651,840 12,112,576 12,750,080 15,140,720 17,303,680 24,225,152 30,281,440 34,607,360 48,450,304 60,562,880 121,125,760 and 242,251,520, with no remainder.

Since 242,251,520 cannot be divided by just 1 and 242,251,520, 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).