Q: Is 242,302,104 a Composite Number?

Why is 242,302,104 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 242,302,104 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 11 12 18 22 24 27 33 36 44 54 66 72 81 88 99 108 132 162 198 216 243 264 297 324 396 486 594 648 729 792 891 972 1,188 1,259 1,458 1,782 1,944 2,187 2,376 2,518 2,673 2,916 3,564 3,777 4,374 5,036 5,346 5,832 7,128 7,554 8,019 8,748 10,072 10,692 11,331 13,849 15,108 16,038 17,496 21,384 22,662 24,057 27,698 30,216 32,076 33,993 41,547 45,324 48,114 55,396 64,152 67,986 83,094 90,648 96,228 101,979 110,792 124,641 135,972 166,188 192,456 203,958 249,282 271,944 305,937 332,376 373,923 407,916 498,564 611,874 747,846 815,832 917,811 997,128 1,121,769 1,223,748 1,495,692 1,835,622 2,243,538 2,447,496 2,753,433 2,991,384 3,365,307 3,671,244 4,487,076 5,506,866 6,730,614 7,342,488 8,974,152 10,095,921 11,013,732 13,461,228 20,191,842 22,027,464 26,922,456 30,287,763 40,383,684 60,575,526 80,767,368 121,151,052 and 242,302,104, with no remainder.

Since 242,302,104 cannot be divided by just 1 and 242,302,104, 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).