Q: Is 987,543,240 a Composite Number?

Why is 987,543,240 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 987,543,240 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 19 20 24 30 38 40 57 60 76 95 114 120 152 181 190 228 285 362 380 456 543 570 724 760 905 1,086 1,140 1,448 1,810 2,172 2,280 2,393 2,715 3,439 3,620 4,344 4,786 5,430 6,878 7,179 7,240 9,572 10,317 10,860 11,965 13,756 14,358 17,195 19,144 20,634 21,720 23,930 27,512 28,716 34,390 35,895 41,268 45,467 47,860 51,585 57,432 68,780 71,790 82,536 90,934 95,720 103,170 136,401 137,560 143,580 181,868 206,340 227,335 272,802 287,160 363,736 412,680 433,133 454,670 545,604 682,005 866,266 909,340 1,091,208 1,299,399 1,364,010 1,732,532 1,818,680 2,165,665 2,598,798 2,728,020 3,465,064 4,331,330 5,197,596 5,456,040 6,496,995 8,229,527 8,662,660 10,395,192 12,993,990 16,459,054 17,325,320 24,688,581 25,987,980 32,918,108 41,147,635 49,377,162 51,975,960 65,836,216 82,295,270 98,754,324 123,442,905 164,590,540 197,508,648 246,885,810 329,181,080 493,771,620 and 987,543,240, with no remainder.

Since 987,543,240 cannot be divided by just 1 and 987,543,240, 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).