Q: Is 100,425,528 a Composite Number?

Why is 100,425,528 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 100,425,528 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 17 18 21 24 27 28 34 36 42 51 54 56 63 68 72 84 102 108 119 126 136 153 168 189 204 216 238 252 306 357 378 408 459 476 504 612 714 756 918 952 1,071 1,224 1,428 1,512 1,836 2,142 2,856 3,213 3,672 3,907 4,284 6,426 7,814 8,568 11,721 12,852 15,628 23,442 25,704 27,349 31,256 35,163 46,884 54,698 66,419 70,326 82,047 93,768 105,489 109,396 132,838 140,652 164,094 199,257 210,978 218,792 246,141 265,676 281,304 328,188 398,514 421,956 464,933 492,282 531,352 597,771 656,376 738,423 797,028 843,912 929,866 984,564 1,195,542 1,394,799 1,476,846 1,594,056 1,793,313 1,859,732 1,969,128 2,391,084 2,789,598 2,953,692 3,586,626 3,719,464 4,184,397 4,782,168 5,579,196 5,907,384 7,173,252 8,368,794 11,158,392 12,553,191 14,346,504 16,737,588 25,106,382 33,475,176 50,212,764 and 100,425,528, with no remainder.

Since 100,425,528 cannot be divided by just 1 and 100,425,528, 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).