Q: Is 243,452,520 a Composite Number?

Why is 243,452,520 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 243,452,520 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 12 15 18 20 24 27 30 36 40 45 54 60 72 90 108 120 135 173 180 216 270 346 360 519 540 692 865 1,038 1,080 1,303 1,384 1,557 1,730 2,076 2,595 2,606 3,114 3,460 3,909 4,152 4,671 5,190 5,212 6,228 6,515 6,920 7,785 7,818 9,342 10,380 10,424 11,727 12,456 13,030 15,570 15,636 18,684 19,545 20,760 23,355 23,454 26,060 31,140 31,272 35,181 37,368 39,090 46,710 46,908 52,120 58,635 62,280 70,362 78,180 93,420 93,816 117,270 140,724 156,360 175,905 186,840 225,419 234,540 281,448 351,810 450,838 469,080 676,257 703,620 901,676 1,127,095 1,352,514 1,407,240 1,803,352 2,028,771 2,254,190 2,705,028 3,381,285 4,057,542 4,508,380 5,410,056 6,086,313 6,762,570 8,115,084 9,016,760 10,143,855 12,172,626 13,525,140 16,230,168 20,287,710 24,345,252 27,050,280 30,431,565 40,575,420 48,690,504 60,863,130 81,150,840 121,726,260 and 243,452,520, with no remainder.

Since 243,452,520 cannot be divided by just 1 and 243,452,520, 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).