Q: Is 242,266,248 a Composite Number?

Why is 242,266,248 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 242,266,248 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 18 21 24 27 28 36 42 54 56 63 72 84 108 126 163 168 189 216 252 326 378 489 504 652 756 978 983 1,141 1,304 1,467 1,512 1,956 1,966 2,282 2,934 2,949 3,423 3,912 3,932 4,401 4,564 5,868 5,898 6,846 6,881 7,864 8,802 8,847 9,128 10,269 11,736 11,796 13,692 13,762 17,604 17,694 20,538 20,643 23,592 26,541 27,384 27,524 30,807 35,208 35,388 41,076 41,286 53,082 55,048 61,614 61,929 70,776 82,152 82,572 106,164 123,228 123,858 160,229 165,144 185,787 212,328 246,456 247,716 320,458 371,574 480,687 495,432 640,916 743,148 961,374 1,121,603 1,281,832 1,442,061 1,486,296 1,922,748 2,243,206 2,884,122 3,364,809 3,845,496 4,326,183 4,486,412 5,768,244 6,729,618 8,652,366 8,972,824 10,094,427 11,536,488 13,459,236 17,304,732 20,188,854 26,918,472 30,283,281 34,609,464 40,377,708 60,566,562 80,755,416 121,133,124 and 242,266,248, with no remainder.

Since 242,266,248 cannot be divided by just 1 and 242,266,248, 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).