Q: Is 247,722,240 a Composite Number?

Why is 247,722,240 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 247,722,240 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 24 30 31 32 40 48 60 62 64 80 93 96 120 124 128 155 160 186 192 240 248 256 310 320 372 384 465 480 496 620 640 744 768 930 960 992 1,240 1,280 1,488 1,860 1,920 1,984 2,081 2,480 2,976 3,720 3,840 3,968 4,162 4,960 5,952 6,243 7,440 7,936 8,324 9,920 10,405 11,904 12,486 14,880 16,648 19,840 20,810 23,808 24,972 29,760 31,215 33,296 39,680 41,620 49,944 59,520 62,430 64,511 66,592 83,240 99,888 119,040 124,860 129,022 133,184 166,480 193,533 199,776 249,720 258,044 266,368 322,555 332,960 387,066 399,552 499,440 516,088 532,736 645,110 665,920 774,132 799,104 967,665 998,880 1,032,176 1,290,220 1,331,840 1,548,264 1,598,208 1,935,330 1,997,760 2,064,352 2,580,440 2,663,680 3,096,528 3,870,660 3,995,520 4,128,704 5,160,880 6,193,056 7,741,320 7,991,040 8,257,408 10,321,760 12,386,112 15,482,640 16,514,816 20,643,520 24,772,224 30,965,280 41,287,040 49,544,448 61,930,560 82,574,080 123,861,120 and 247,722,240, with no remainder.

Since 247,722,240 cannot be divided by just 1 and 247,722,240, 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).