Q: Is 243,426,624 a Composite Number?

Why is 243,426,624 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 243,426,624 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 21 24 28 32 42 48 56 64 71 84 96 112 142 168 192 213 224 284 336 426 448 497 568 672 852 994 1,136 1,344 1,491 1,704 1,988 2,272 2,551 2,982 3,408 3,976 4,544 5,102 5,964 6,816 7,653 7,952 10,204 11,928 13,632 15,306 15,904 17,857 20,408 23,856 30,612 31,808 35,714 40,816 47,712 53,571 61,224 71,428 81,632 95,424 107,142 122,448 142,856 163,264 181,121 214,284 244,896 285,712 362,242 428,568 489,792 543,363 571,424 724,484 857,136 1,086,726 1,142,848 1,267,847 1,448,968 1,714,272 2,173,452 2,535,694 2,897,936 3,428,544 3,803,541 4,346,904 5,071,388 5,795,872 7,607,082 8,693,808 10,142,776 11,591,744 15,214,164 17,387,616 20,285,552 30,428,328 34,775,232 40,571,104 60,856,656 81,142,208 121,713,312 and 243,426,624, with no remainder.

Since 243,426,624 cannot be divided by just 1 and 243,426,624, 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).