Q: Is 242,625,432 a Composite Number?

Why is 242,625,432 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 242,625,432 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 21 24 28 42 56 79 84 101 158 168 181 202 237 303 316 362 404 474 543 553 606 632 707 724 808 948 1,086 1,106 1,212 1,267 1,414 1,448 1,659 1,896 2,121 2,172 2,212 2,424 2,534 2,828 3,318 3,801 4,242 4,344 4,424 5,068 5,656 6,636 7,602 7,979 8,484 10,136 13,272 14,299 15,204 15,958 16,968 18,281 23,937 28,598 30,408 31,916 36,562 42,897 47,874 54,843 55,853 57,196 63,832 73,124 85,794 95,748 100,093 109,686 111,706 114,392 127,967 146,248 167,559 171,588 191,496 200,186 219,372 223,412 255,934 300,279 335,118 343,176 383,901 400,372 438,744 446,824 511,868 600,558 670,236 767,802 800,744 1,023,736 1,201,116 1,340,472 1,444,199 1,535,604 2,402,232 2,888,398 3,071,208 4,332,597 5,776,796 8,665,194 10,109,393 11,553,592 17,330,388 20,218,786 30,328,179 34,660,776 40,437,572 60,656,358 80,875,144 121,312,716 and 242,625,432, with no remainder.

Since 242,625,432 cannot be divided by just 1 and 242,625,432, 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).