Q: Is 242,662,112 a Composite Number?

Why is 242,662,112 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 242,662,112 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 11 14 16 22 28 32 44 49 56 77 88 98 112 121 154 176 196 224 242 308 352 392 484 539 616 784 847 968 1,078 1,232 1,279 1,568 1,694 1,936 2,156 2,464 2,558 3,388 3,872 4,312 5,116 5,929 6,776 8,624 8,953 10,232 11,858 13,552 14,069 17,248 17,906 20,464 23,716 27,104 28,138 35,812 40,928 47,432 56,276 62,671 71,624 94,864 98,483 112,552 125,342 143,248 154,759 189,728 196,966 225,104 250,684 286,496 309,518 393,932 450,208 501,368 619,036 689,381 787,864 1,002,736 1,083,313 1,238,072 1,378,762 1,575,728 2,005,472 2,166,626 2,476,144 2,757,524 3,151,456 4,333,252 4,952,288 5,515,048 7,583,191 8,666,504 11,030,096 15,166,382 17,333,008 22,060,192 30,332,764 34,666,016 60,665,528 121,331,056 and 242,662,112, with no remainder.

Since 242,662,112 cannot be divided by just 1 and 242,662,112, 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).