Q: Is 242,546,760 a Composite Number?

Why is 242,546,760 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 242,546,760 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 12 15 18 20 24 30 36 40 45 60 72 90 120 180 239 360 478 717 956 1,195 1,434 1,912 2,151 2,390 2,819 2,868 3,585 4,302 4,780 5,638 5,736 7,170 8,457 8,604 9,560 10,755 11,276 14,095 14,340 16,914 17,208 21,510 22,552 25,371 28,190 28,680 33,828 42,285 43,020 50,742 56,380 67,656 84,570 86,040 101,484 112,760 126,855 169,140 202,968 253,710 338,280 507,420 673,741 1,014,840 1,347,482 2,021,223 2,694,964 3,368,705 4,042,446 5,389,928 6,063,669 6,737,410 8,084,892 10,106,115 12,127,338 13,474,820 16,169,784 20,212,230 24,254,676 26,949,640 30,318,345 40,424,460 48,509,352 60,636,690 80,848,920 121,273,380 and 242,546,760, with no remainder.

Since 242,546,760 cannot be divided by just 1 and 242,546,760, 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).