Q: Is 468,174,240 a Composite Number?

Why is 468,174,240 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 468,174,240 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 12 15 16 18 20 24 30 32 36 40 45 48 60 72 80 90 96 120 139 144 160 180 240 278 288 360 417 480 556 695 720 834 1,112 1,251 1,390 1,440 1,668 2,085 2,224 2,339 2,502 2,780 3,336 4,170 4,448 4,678 5,004 5,560 6,255 6,672 7,017 8,340 9,356 10,008 11,120 11,695 12,510 13,344 14,034 16,680 18,712 20,016 21,051 22,240 23,390 25,020 28,068 33,360 35,085 37,424 40,032 42,102 46,780 50,040 56,136 66,720 70,170 74,848 84,204 93,560 100,080 105,255 112,272 140,340 168,408 187,120 200,160 210,510 224,544 280,680 325,121 336,816 374,240 421,020 561,360 650,242 673,632 842,040 975,363 1,122,720 1,300,484 1,625,605 1,684,080 1,950,726 2,600,968 2,926,089 3,251,210 3,368,160 3,901,452 4,876,815 5,201,936 5,852,178 6,502,420 7,802,904 9,753,630 10,403,872 11,704,356 13,004,840 14,630,445 15,605,808 19,507,260 23,408,712 26,009,680 29,260,890 31,211,616 39,014,520 46,817,424 52,019,360 58,521,780 78,029,040 93,634,848 117,043,560 156,058,080 234,087,120 and 468,174,240, with no remainder.

Since 468,174,240 cannot be divided by just 1 and 468,174,240, 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).