Q: Is 245,565,120 a Composite Number?

Why is 245,565,120 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 245,565,120 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 19 20 24 30 32 38 40 48 57 60 64 76 80 95 96 114 120 152 160 190 192 228 240 285 304 320 380 456 480 570 608 760 912 960 1,140 1,216 1,520 1,824 2,280 3,040 3,648 4,560 6,080 9,120 13,463 18,240 26,926 40,389 53,852 67,315 80,778 107,704 134,630 161,556 201,945 215,408 255,797 269,260 323,112 403,890 430,816 511,594 538,520 646,224 767,391 807,780 861,632 1,023,188 1,077,040 1,278,985 1,292,448 1,534,782 1,615,560 2,046,376 2,154,080 2,557,970 2,584,896 3,069,564 3,231,120 3,836,955 4,092,752 4,308,160 5,115,940 6,139,128 6,462,240 7,673,910 8,185,504 10,231,880 12,278,256 12,924,480 15,347,820 16,371,008 20,463,760 24,556,512 30,695,640 40,927,520 49,113,024 61,391,280 81,855,040 122,782,560 and 245,565,120, with no remainder.

Since 245,565,120 cannot be divided by just 1 and 245,565,120, 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).