Q: Is 100,301,436 a Composite Number?

Why is 100,301,436 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 100,301,436 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 18 23 27 36 46 54 69 92 108 138 149 207 271 276 298 414 447 542 596 621 813 828 894 1,084 1,242 1,341 1,626 1,788 2,439 2,484 2,682 3,252 3,427 4,023 4,878 5,364 6,233 6,854 7,317 8,046 9,756 10,281 12,466 13,708 14,634 16,092 18,699 20,562 24,932 29,268 30,843 37,398 40,379 41,124 56,097 61,686 74,796 80,758 92,529 112,194 121,137 123,372 161,516 168,291 185,058 224,388 242,274 336,582 363,411 370,116 484,548 673,164 726,822 928,717 1,090,233 1,453,644 1,857,434 2,180,466 2,786,151 3,714,868 4,360,932 5,572,302 8,358,453 11,144,604 16,716,906 25,075,359 33,433,812 50,150,718 and 100,301,436, with no remainder.

Since 100,301,436 cannot be divided by just 1 and 100,301,436, 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).