Q: Is 101,242,404 a Composite Number?

Why is 101,242,404 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 101,242,404 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 18 31 36 62 83 93 124 166 186 249 279 332 372 498 558 747 996 1,093 1,116 1,494 2,186 2,573 2,988 3,279 4,372 5,146 6,558 7,719 9,837 10,292 13,116 15,438 19,674 23,157 30,876 33,883 39,348 46,314 67,766 90,719 92,628 101,649 135,532 181,438 203,298 272,157 304,947 362,876 406,596 544,314 609,894 816,471 1,088,628 1,219,788 1,632,942 2,812,289 3,265,884 5,624,578 8,436,867 11,249,156 16,873,734 25,310,601 33,747,468 50,621,202 and 101,242,404, with no remainder.

Since 101,242,404 cannot be divided by just 1 and 101,242,404, 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).