Q: Is 244,155,240 a Composite Number?

Why is 244,155,240 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 244,155,240 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 12 14 15 18 20 21 24 28 30 35 36 40 42 45 49 56 60 63 70 72 84 90 98 105 120 126 140 147 168 180 196 210 245 252 280 294 315 360 392 420 441 490 504 588 630 735 840 882 980 1,176 1,260 1,470 1,764 1,960 2,205 2,520 2,940 3,528 4,410 5,880 8,820 13,841 17,640 27,682 41,523 55,364 69,205 83,046 96,887 110,728 124,569 138,410 166,092 193,774 207,615 249,138 276,820 290,661 332,184 387,548 415,230 484,435 498,276 553,640 581,322 622,845 678,209 775,096 830,460 871,983 968,870 996,552 1,162,644 1,245,690 1,356,418 1,453,305 1,660,920 1,743,966 1,937,740 2,034,627 2,325,288 2,491,380 2,712,836 2,906,610 3,391,045 3,487,932 3,875,480 4,069,254 4,359,915 4,982,760 5,425,672 5,813,220 6,103,881 6,782,090 6,975,864 8,138,508 8,719,830 10,173,135 11,626,440 12,207,762 13,564,180 16,277,016 17,439,660 20,346,270 24,415,524 27,128,360 30,519,405 34,879,320 40,692,540 48,831,048 61,038,810 81,385,080 122,077,620 and 244,155,240, with no remainder.

Since 244,155,240 cannot be divided by just 1 and 244,155,240, 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).