Q: Is 242,424,224 a Composite Number?

Why is 242,424,224 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 242,424,224 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 16 28 29 32 56 58 67 112 116 134 203 224 232 268 406 464 469 536 557 812 928 938 1,072 1,114 1,624 1,876 1,943 2,144 2,228 3,248 3,752 3,886 3,899 4,456 6,496 7,504 7,772 7,798 8,912 13,601 15,008 15,544 15,596 16,153 17,824 27,202 31,088 31,192 32,306 37,319 54,404 62,176 62,384 64,612 74,638 108,808 113,071 124,768 129,224 149,276 217,616 226,142 258,448 261,233 298,552 435,232 452,284 516,896 522,466 597,104 904,568 1,044,932 1,082,251 1,194,208 1,809,136 2,089,864 2,164,502 3,618,272 4,179,728 4,329,004 7,575,757 8,359,456 8,658,008 15,151,514 17,316,016 30,303,028 34,632,032 60,606,056 121,212,112 and 242,424,224, with no remainder.

Since 242,424,224 cannot be divided by just 1 and 242,424,224, 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).