Q: Is 245,301,240 a Composite Number?

Why is 245,301,240 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 245,301,240 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 20 24 30 40 43 60 86 120 129 137 172 215 258 274 344 347 411 430 516 548 645 685 694 822 860 1,032 1,041 1,096 1,290 1,370 1,388 1,644 1,720 1,735 2,055 2,082 2,580 2,740 2,776 3,288 3,470 4,110 4,164 5,160 5,205 5,480 5,891 6,940 8,220 8,328 10,410 11,782 13,880 14,921 16,440 17,673 20,820 23,564 29,455 29,842 35,346 41,640 44,763 47,128 47,539 58,910 59,684 70,692 74,605 88,365 89,526 95,078 117,820 119,368 141,384 142,617 149,210 176,730 179,052 190,156 223,815 235,640 237,695 285,234 298,420 353,460 358,104 380,312 447,630 475,390 570,468 596,840 706,920 713,085 895,260 950,780 1,140,936 1,426,170 1,790,520 1,901,560 2,044,177 2,852,340 4,088,354 5,704,680 6,132,531 8,176,708 10,220,885 12,265,062 16,353,416 20,441,770 24,530,124 30,662,655 40,883,540 49,060,248 61,325,310 81,767,080 122,650,620 and 245,301,240, with no remainder.

Since 245,301,240 cannot be divided by just 1 and 245,301,240, 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).