Q: Is 242,344,032 a Composite Number?

Why is 242,344,032 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 242,344,032 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 21 24 28 32 42 47 48 56 84 94 96 112 141 168 188 224 282 329 336 376 564 658 672 752 987 1,128 1,316 1,504 1,974 2,256 2,632 3,948 4,512 5,264 7,673 7,896 10,528 15,346 15,792 23,019 30,692 31,584 46,038 53,711 61,384 92,076 107,422 122,768 161,133 184,152 214,844 245,536 322,266 360,631 368,304 429,688 644,532 721,262 736,608 859,376 1,081,893 1,289,064 1,442,524 1,718,752 2,163,786 2,524,417 2,578,128 2,885,048 4,327,572 5,048,834 5,156,256 5,770,096 7,573,251 8,655,144 10,097,668 11,540,192 15,146,502 17,310,288 20,195,336 30,293,004 34,620,576 40,390,672 60,586,008 80,781,344 121,172,016 and 242,344,032, with no remainder.

Since 242,344,032 cannot be divided by just 1 and 242,344,032, 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).