Q: Is 100,232,340 a Composite Number?

Why is 100,232,340 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 100,232,340 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 10 12 13 15 17 20 26 30 34 39 51 52 60 65 68 78 85 102 130 156 170 195 204 221 255 260 340 390 442 510 663 780 884 1,020 1,105 1,326 2,210 2,652 3,315 4,420 6,630 7,559 13,260 15,118 22,677 30,236 37,795 45,354 75,590 90,708 98,267 113,385 128,503 151,180 196,534 226,770 257,006 294,801 385,509 393,068 453,540 491,335 514,012 589,602 642,515 771,018 982,670 1,179,204 1,285,030 1,474,005 1,542,036 1,670,539 1,927,545 1,965,340 2,570,060 2,948,010 3,341,078 3,855,090 5,011,617 5,896,020 6,682,156 7,710,180 8,352,695 10,023,234 16,705,390 20,046,468 25,058,085 33,410,780 50,116,170 and 100,232,340, with no remainder.

Since 100,232,340 cannot be divided by just 1 and 100,232,340, 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).