Q: Is 100,423,232 a Composite Number?

Why is 100,423,232 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 100,423,232 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 13 14 16 26 28 32 43 52 56 64 86 91 104 112 172 182 208 224 301 344 364 401 416 448 559 602 688 728 802 832 1,118 1,204 1,376 1,456 1,604 2,236 2,408 2,752 2,807 2,912 3,208 3,913 4,472 4,816 5,213 5,614 5,824 6,416 7,826 8,944 9,632 10,426 11,228 12,832 15,652 17,243 17,888 19,264 20,852 22,456 25,664 31,304 34,486 35,776 36,491 41,704 44,912 62,608 68,972 72,982 83,408 89,824 120,701 125,216 137,944 145,964 166,816 179,648 224,159 241,402 250,432 275,888 291,928 333,632 448,318 482,804 551,776 583,856 896,636 965,608 1,103,552 1,167,712 1,569,113 1,793,272 1,931,216 2,335,424 3,138,226 3,586,544 3,862,432 6,276,452 7,173,088 7,724,864 12,552,904 14,346,176 25,105,808 50,211,616 and 100,423,232, with no remainder.

Since 100,423,232 cannot be divided by just 1 and 100,423,232, 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).