Q: Is 243,233,400 a Composite Number?

Why is 243,233,400 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 243,233,400 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 20 24 25 30 40 50 59 60 75 100 118 120 150 177 200 236 295 300 354 472 590 600 708 885 1,180 1,416 1,475 1,770 2,360 2,950 3,540 4,425 5,900 6,871 7,080 8,850 11,800 13,742 17,700 20,613 27,484 34,355 35,400 41,226 54,968 68,710 82,452 103,065 137,420 164,904 171,775 206,130 274,840 343,550 405,389 412,260 515,325 687,100 810,778 824,520 1,030,650 1,216,167 1,374,200 1,621,556 2,026,945 2,061,300 2,432,334 3,243,112 4,053,890 4,122,600 4,864,668 6,080,835 8,107,780 9,729,336 10,134,725 12,161,670 16,215,560 20,269,450 24,323,340 30,404,175 40,538,900 48,646,680 60,808,350 81,077,800 121,616,700 and 243,233,400, with no remainder.

Since 243,233,400 cannot be divided by just 1 and 243,233,400, 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).