Q: Is 244,526,340 a Composite Number?

Why is 244,526,340 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 244,526,340 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 10 12 15 20 23 30 37 46 60 69 74 92 111 115 138 148 185 222 230 276 345 370 444 460 555 690 740 851 1,110 1,380 1,702 2,220 2,553 3,404 4,255 4,789 5,106 8,510 9,578 10,212 12,765 14,367 17,020 19,156 23,945 25,530 28,734 47,890 51,060 57,468 71,835 95,780 110,147 143,670 177,193 220,294 287,340 330,441 354,386 440,588 531,579 550,735 660,882 708,772 885,965 1,063,158 1,101,470 1,321,764 1,652,205 1,771,930 2,126,316 2,202,940 2,657,895 3,304,410 3,543,860 4,075,439 5,315,790 6,608,820 8,150,878 10,631,580 12,226,317 16,301,756 20,377,195 24,452,634 40,754,390 48,905,268 61,131,585 81,508,780 122,263,170 and 244,526,340, with no remainder.

Since 244,526,340 cannot be divided by just 1 and 244,526,340, 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).