Q: Is 300,254,240 a Composite Number?

Why is 300,254,240 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 300,254,240 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 11 13 16 20 22 26 32 40 44 52 55 65 80 88 104 110 121 130 143 160 176 208 220 242 260 286 352 416 440 484 520 572 605 715 880 968 1,040 1,144 1,193 1,210 1,430 1,573 1,760 1,936 2,080 2,288 2,386 2,420 2,860 3,146 3,872 4,576 4,772 4,840 5,720 5,965 6,292 7,865 9,544 9,680 11,440 11,930 12,584 13,123 15,509 15,730 19,088 19,360 22,880 23,860 25,168 26,246 31,018 31,460 38,176 47,720 50,336 52,492 62,036 62,920 65,615 77,545 95,440 104,984 124,072 125,840 131,230 144,353 155,090 170,599 190,880 209,968 248,144 251,680 262,460 288,706 310,180 341,198 419,936 496,288 524,920 577,412 620,360 682,396 721,765 852,995 1,049,840 1,154,824 1,240,720 1,364,792 1,443,530 1,705,990 1,876,589 2,099,680 2,309,648 2,481,440 2,729,584 2,887,060 3,411,980 3,753,178 4,619,296 5,459,168 5,774,120 6,823,960 7,506,356 9,382,945 11,548,240 13,647,920 15,012,712 18,765,890 23,096,480 27,295,840 30,025,424 37,531,780 60,050,848 75,063,560 150,127,120 and 300,254,240, with no remainder.

Since 300,254,240 cannot be divided by just 1 and 300,254,240, 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).