Q: Is 100,716,768 a Composite Number?

Why is 100,716,768 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 100,716,768 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 29 31 32 36 48 58 62 72 87 93 96 116 124 144 174 186 232 248 261 279 288 348 372 389 464 496 522 558 696 744 778 899 928 992 1,044 1,116 1,167 1,392 1,488 1,556 1,798 2,088 2,232 2,334 2,697 2,784 2,976 3,112 3,501 3,596 4,176 4,464 4,668 5,394 6,224 7,002 7,192 8,091 8,352 8,928 9,336 10,788 11,281 12,059 12,448 14,004 14,384 16,182 18,672 21,576 22,562 24,118 28,008 28,768 32,364 33,843 36,177 37,344 43,152 45,124 48,236 56,016 64,728 67,686 72,354 86,304 90,248 96,472 101,529 108,531 112,032 129,456 135,372 144,708 180,496 192,944 203,058 217,062 258,912 270,744 289,416 349,711 360,992 385,888 406,116 434,124 541,488 578,832 699,422 812,232 868,248 1,049,133 1,082,976 1,157,664 1,398,844 1,624,464 1,736,496 2,098,266 2,797,688 3,147,399 3,248,928 3,472,992 4,196,532 5,595,376 6,294,798 8,393,064 11,190,752 12,589,596 16,786,128 25,179,192 33,572,256 50,358,384 and 100,716,768, with no remainder.

Since 100,716,768 cannot be divided by just 1 and 100,716,768, 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).