Q: Is 100,742,880 a Composite Number?

Why is 100,742,880 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 100,742,880 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 12 14 15 16 20 21 24 28 30 32 35 40 42 48 56 60 70 80 84 96 105 112 120 140 160 168 210 224 240 280 336 420 480 560 672 840 1,120 1,680 3,360 29,983 59,966 89,949 119,932 149,915 179,898 209,881 239,864 299,830 359,796 419,762 449,745 479,728 599,660 629,643 719,592 839,524 899,490 959,456 1,049,405 1,199,320 1,259,286 1,439,184 1,679,048 1,798,980 2,098,810 2,398,640 2,518,572 2,878,368 3,148,215 3,358,096 3,597,960 4,197,620 4,797,280 5,037,144 6,296,430 6,716,192 7,195,920 8,395,240 10,074,288 12,592,860 14,391,840 16,790,480 20,148,576 25,185,720 33,580,960 50,371,440 and 100,742,880, with no remainder.

Since 100,742,880 cannot be divided by just 1 and 100,742,880, 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).