Q: Is 242,515,542 a Composite Number?

Why is 242,515,542 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 242,515,542 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 23 31 46 62 69 83 93 138 166 186 249 498 683 713 1,366 1,426 1,909 2,049 2,139 2,573 3,818 4,098 4,278 5,146 5,727 7,719 11,454 15,438 15,709 21,173 31,418 42,346 47,127 56,689 59,179 63,519 94,254 113,378 118,358 127,038 170,067 177,537 340,134 355,074 486,979 973,958 1,303,847 1,460,937 1,757,359 2,607,694 2,921,874 3,514,718 3,911,541 5,272,077 7,823,082 10,544,154 40,419,257 80,838,514 121,257,771 and 242,515,542, with no remainder.

Since 242,515,542 cannot be divided by just 1 and 242,515,542, 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).