Q: Is 242,510,268 a Composite Number?

Why is 242,510,268 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 242,510,268 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 11 12 13 14 21 22 26 28 33 39 42 44 52 66 77 78 84 91 132 143 154 156 169 182 231 273 286 308 338 364 429 462 507 546 572 676 858 924 1,001 1,014 1,092 1,183 1,553 1,716 1,859 2,002 2,028 2,366 3,003 3,106 3,549 3,718 4,004 4,659 4,732 5,577 6,006 6,212 7,098 7,436 9,318 10,871 11,154 12,012 13,013 14,196 17,083 18,636 20,189 21,742 22,308 26,026 32,613 34,166 39,039 40,378 43,484 51,249 52,052 60,567 65,226 68,332 78,078 80,756 102,498 119,581 121,134 130,452 141,323 156,156 204,996 222,079 239,162 242,268 262,457 282,646 358,743 423,969 444,158 478,324 524,914 565,292 666,237 717,486 787,371 847,938 888,316 1,049,828 1,332,474 1,434,972 1,554,553 1,574,742 1,695,876 1,837,199 2,664,948 2,887,027 3,109,106 3,149,484 3,674,398 4,663,659 5,511,597 5,774,054 6,218,212 7,348,796 8,661,081 9,327,318 11,023,194 11,548,108 17,322,162 18,654,636 20,209,189 22,046,388 34,644,324 40,418,378 60,627,567 80,836,756 121,255,134 and 242,510,268, with no remainder.

Since 242,510,268 cannot be divided by just 1 and 242,510,268, 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).