Q: Is 100,004,200 a Composite Number?

Why is 100,004,200 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 100,004,200 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 17 20 25 34 40 50 67 68 85 100 134 136 170 200 268 335 340 425 439 536 670 680 850 878 1,139 1,340 1,675 1,700 1,756 2,195 2,278 2,680 3,350 3,400 3,512 4,390 4,556 5,695 6,700 7,463 8,780 9,112 10,975 11,390 13,400 14,926 17,560 21,950 22,780 28,475 29,413 29,852 37,315 43,900 45,560 56,950 58,826 59,704 74,630 87,800 113,900 117,652 147,065 149,260 186,575 227,800 235,304 294,130 298,520 373,150 500,021 588,260 735,325 746,300 1,000,042 1,176,520 1,470,650 1,492,600 2,000,084 2,500,105 2,941,300 4,000,168 5,000,210 5,882,600 10,000,420 12,500,525 20,000,840 25,001,050 50,002,100 and 100,004,200, with no remainder.

Since 100,004,200 cannot be divided by just 1 and 100,004,200, 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).