Q: Is 254,872,240 a Composite Number?

Why is 254,872,240 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 254,872,240 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 8 10 14 16 20 28 35 40 56 70 80 112 140 280 463 560 926 983 1,852 1,966 2,315 3,241 3,704 3,932 4,630 4,915 6,482 6,881 7,408 7,864 9,260 9,830 12,964 13,762 15,728 16,205 18,520 19,660 25,928 27,524 32,410 34,405 37,040 39,320 51,856 55,048 64,820 68,810 78,640 110,096 129,640 137,620 259,280 275,240 455,129 550,480 910,258 1,820,516 2,275,645 3,185,903 3,641,032 4,551,290 6,371,806 7,282,064 9,102,580 12,743,612 15,929,515 18,205,160 25,487,224 31,859,030 36,410,320 50,974,448 63,718,060 127,436,120 and 254,872,240, with no remainder.

Since 254,872,240 cannot be divided by just 1 and 254,872,240, 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).