Q: Is 401,142,240 a Composite Number?

Why is 401,142,240 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 401,142,240 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 12 15 16 18 20 24 27 30 32 36 40 45 48 54 60 72 80 90 96 108 120 135 144 160 180 216 240 270 288 360 432 480 540 720 864 1,080 1,440 2,160 4,320 92,857 185,714 278,571 371,428 464,285 557,142 742,856 835,713 928,570 1,114,284 1,392,855 1,485,712 1,671,426 1,857,140 2,228,568 2,507,139 2,785,710 2,971,424 3,342,852 3,714,280 4,178,565 4,457,136 5,014,278 5,571,420 6,685,704 7,428,560 8,357,130 8,914,272 10,028,556 11,142,840 12,535,695 13,371,408 14,857,120 16,714,260 20,057,112 22,285,680 25,071,390 26,742,816 33,428,520 40,114,224 44,571,360 50,142,780 66,857,040 80,228,448 100,285,560 133,714,080 200,571,120 and 401,142,240, with no remainder.

Since 401,142,240 cannot be divided by just 1 and 401,142,240, 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).