Q: Is 100,651,248 a Composite Number?

Why is 100,651,248 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 100,651,248 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 27 36 37 48 54 72 74 81 108 111 144 148 162 216 222 296 324 333 432 444 592 648 666 888 999 1,296 1,332 1,776 1,998 2,099 2,664 2,997 3,996 4,198 5,328 5,994 6,297 7,992 8,396 11,988 12,594 15,984 16,792 18,891 23,976 25,188 33,584 37,782 47,952 50,376 56,673 75,564 77,663 100,752 113,346 151,128 155,326 170,019 226,692 232,989 302,256 310,652 340,038 453,384 465,978 621,304 680,076 698,967 906,768 931,956 1,242,608 1,360,152 1,397,934 1,863,912 2,096,901 2,720,304 2,795,868 3,727,824 4,193,802 5,591,736 6,290,703 8,387,604 11,183,472 12,581,406 16,775,208 25,162,812 33,550,416 50,325,624 and 100,651,248, with no remainder.

Since 100,651,248 cannot be divided by just 1 and 100,651,248, 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).