Q: Is 242,502,832 a Composite Number?

Why is 242,502,832 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 242,502,832 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 11 13 16 22 26 31 44 52 62 88 104 124 143 169 176 208 248 263 286 338 341 403 496 526 572 676 682 806 1,052 1,144 1,352 1,364 1,612 1,859 2,104 2,288 2,704 2,728 2,893 3,224 3,419 3,718 4,208 4,433 5,239 5,456 5,786 6,448 6,838 7,436 8,153 8,866 10,478 11,572 13,676 14,872 16,306 17,732 20,956 23,144 27,352 29,744 32,612 35,464 37,609 41,912 44,447 46,288 54,704 57,629 65,224 70,928 75,218 83,824 88,894 89,683 105,989 115,258 130,448 150,436 177,788 179,366 211,978 230,516 300,872 355,576 358,732 423,956 461,032 488,917 601,744 711,152 717,464 847,912 922,064 977,834 1,165,879 1,377,857 1,434,928 1,695,824 1,955,668 2,331,758 2,755,714 3,911,336 4,663,516 5,511,428 7,822,672 9,327,032 11,022,856 15,156,427 18,654,064 22,045,712 30,312,854 60,625,708 121,251,416 and 242,502,832, with no remainder.

Since 242,502,832 cannot be divided by just 1 and 242,502,832, 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).