Q: Is 100,535,892 a Composite Number?

Why is 100,535,892 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 100,535,892 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 12 17 34 43 51 68 73 86 102 129 146 157 172 204 219 258 292 314 438 471 516 628 731 876 942 1,241 1,462 1,884 2,193 2,482 2,669 2,924 3,139 3,723 4,386 4,964 5,338 6,278 6,751 7,446 8,007 8,772 9,417 10,676 11,461 12,556 13,502 14,892 16,014 18,834 20,253 22,922 27,004 32,028 34,383 37,668 40,506 45,844 53,363 68,766 81,012 106,726 114,767 137,532 160,089 194,837 213,452 229,534 320,178 344,301 389,674 459,068 492,823 584,511 640,356 688,602 779,348 985,646 1,169,022 1,377,204 1,478,469 1,971,292 2,338,044 2,956,938 5,913,876 8,377,991 16,755,982 25,133,973 33,511,964 50,267,946 and 100,535,892, with no remainder.

Since 100,535,892 cannot be divided by just 1 and 100,535,892, 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).