Q: Is 242,515,504 a Composite Number?

Why is 242,515,504 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 242,515,504 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 11 14 16 22 28 44 49 56 61 77 88 98 112 122 154 176 196 244 308 392 427 461 488 539 616 671 784 854 922 976 1,078 1,232 1,342 1,708 1,844 2,156 2,684 2,989 3,227 3,416 3,688 4,312 4,697 5,071 5,368 5,978 6,454 6,832 7,376 8,624 9,394 10,142 10,736 11,956 12,908 18,788 20,284 22,589 23,912 25,816 28,121 32,879 35,497 37,576 40,568 45,178 47,824 51,632 56,242 65,758 70,994 75,152 81,136 90,356 112,484 131,516 141,988 180,712 196,847 224,968 248,479 263,032 283,976 309,331 361,424 393,694 449,936 496,958 526,064 567,952 618,662 787,388 993,916 1,237,324 1,377,929 1,574,776 1,987,832 2,165,317 2,474,648 2,755,858 3,149,552 3,975,664 4,330,634 4,949,296 5,511,716 8,661,268 11,023,432 15,157,219 17,322,536 22,046,864 30,314,438 34,645,072 60,628,876 121,257,752 and 242,515,504, with no remainder.

Since 242,515,504 cannot be divided by just 1 and 242,515,504, 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).