Q: Is 102,178,608 a Composite Number?

Why is 102,178,608 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 102,178,608 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 21 24 28 37 42 48 56 74 84 111 112 148 168 222 259 296 336 444 518 592 777 888 1,036 1,554 1,776 2,072 3,108 4,144 6,216 8,219 12,432 16,438 24,657 32,876 49,314 57,533 65,752 98,628 115,066 131,504 172,599 197,256 230,132 304,103 345,198 394,512 460,264 608,206 690,396 912,309 920,528 1,216,412 1,380,792 1,824,618 2,128,721 2,432,824 2,761,584 3,649,236 4,257,442 4,865,648 6,386,163 7,298,472 8,514,884 12,772,326 14,596,944 17,029,768 25,544,652 34,059,536 51,089,304 and 102,178,608, with no remainder.

Since 102,178,608 cannot be divided by just 1 and 102,178,608, 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).