Q: Is 100,242,144 a Composite Number?

Why is 100,242,144 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 100,242,144 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 27 32 36 48 54 72 96 108 144 181 216 288 362 432 543 641 724 864 1,086 1,282 1,448 1,629 1,923 2,172 2,564 2,896 3,258 3,846 4,344 4,887 5,128 5,769 5,792 6,516 7,692 8,688 9,774 10,256 11,538 13,032 15,384 17,307 17,376 19,548 20,512 23,076 26,064 30,768 34,614 39,096 46,152 52,128 61,536 69,228 78,192 92,304 116,021 138,456 156,384 184,608 232,042 276,912 348,063 464,084 553,824 696,126 928,168 1,044,189 1,392,252 1,856,336 2,088,378 2,784,504 3,132,567 3,712,672 4,176,756 5,569,008 6,265,134 8,353,512 11,138,016 12,530,268 16,707,024 25,060,536 33,414,048 50,121,072 and 100,242,144, with no remainder.

Since 100,242,144 cannot be divided by just 1 and 100,242,144, 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).