Q: Is 100,738,242 a Composite Number?

 A: Yes, 100,738,242 is a composite number.

Why is 100,738,242 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 100,738,242 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 11 18 22 27 33 54 66 81 99 162 198 297 594 891 1,782 56,531 113,062 169,593 339,186 508,779 621,841 1,017,558 1,243,682 1,526,337 1,865,523 3,052,674 3,731,046 4,579,011 5,596,569 9,158,022 11,193,138 16,789,707 33,579,414 50,369,121 and 100,738,242, with no remainder.

Since 100,738,242 cannot be divided by just 1 and 100,738,242, it is a composite number.


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  • All positive natural numbers are either a prime number or a composite number (except the number 1, which is neither).

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