Q: Is 101,143,008 a Composite Number?

Why is 101,143,008 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 101,143,008 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 32 36 48 72 96 144 288 331 662 993 1,061 1,324 1,986 2,122 2,648 2,979 3,183 3,972 4,244 5,296 5,958 6,366 7,944 8,488 9,549 10,592 11,916 12,732 15,888 16,976 19,098 23,832 25,464 31,776 33,952 38,196 47,664 50,928 76,392 95,328 101,856 152,784 305,568 351,191 702,382 1,053,573 1,404,764 2,107,146 2,809,528 3,160,719 4,214,292 5,619,056 6,321,438 8,428,584 11,238,112 12,642,876 16,857,168 25,285,752 33,714,336 50,571,504 and 101,143,008, with no remainder.

Since 101,143,008 cannot be divided by just 1 and 101,143,008, 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).