Q: Is 243,420,000 a Composite Number?

Why is 243,420,000 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 243,420,000 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 24 25 30 32 40 48 50 60 75 80 96 100 120 125 150 160 200 240 250 300 375 400 480 500 600 625 750 800 1,000 1,200 1,250 1,500 1,875 2,000 2,400 2,500 3,000 3,750 4,000 4,057 5,000 6,000 7,500 8,114 10,000 12,000 12,171 15,000 16,228 20,000 20,285 24,342 30,000 32,456 40,570 48,684 60,000 60,855 64,912 81,140 97,368 101,425 121,710 129,824 162,280 194,736 202,850 243,420 304,275 324,560 389,472 405,700 486,840 507,125 608,550 649,120 811,400 973,680 1,014,250 1,217,100 1,521,375 1,622,800 1,947,360 2,028,500 2,434,200 2,535,625 3,042,750 3,245,600 4,057,000 4,868,400 5,071,250 6,085,500 7,606,875 8,114,000 9,736,800 10,142,500 12,171,000 15,213,750 16,228,000 20,285,000 24,342,000 30,427,500 40,570,000 48,684,000 60,855,000 81,140,000 121,710,000 and 243,420,000, with no remainder.

Since 243,420,000 cannot be divided by just 1 and 243,420,000, 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).