Q: Is 300,255,240 a Composite Number?

Why is 300,255,240 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 300,255,240 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 20 24 30 40 43 60 86 120 129 172 215 258 344 430 516 645 860 1,032 1,290 1,720 2,580 5,160 58,189 116,378 174,567 232,756 290,945 349,134 465,512 581,890 698,268 872,835 1,163,780 1,396,536 1,745,670 2,327,560 2,502,127 3,491,340 5,004,254 6,982,680 7,506,381 10,008,508 12,510,635 15,012,762 20,017,016 25,021,270 30,025,524 37,531,905 50,042,540 60,051,048 75,063,810 100,085,080 150,127,620 and 300,255,240, with no remainder.

Since 300,255,240 cannot be divided by just 1 and 300,255,240, 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).