Q: Is 102,431,142 a Composite Number?

Why is 102,431,142 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 102,431,142 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 11 18 22 27 33 47 54 66 81 94 99 141 162 198 282 297 423 517 594 846 891 1,034 1,223 1,269 1,551 1,782 2,446 2,538 3,102 3,669 3,807 4,653 7,338 7,614 9,306 11,007 13,453 13,959 22,014 26,906 27,918 33,021 40,359 41,877 57,481 66,042 80,718 83,754 99,063 114,962 121,077 172,443 198,126 242,154 344,886 363,231 517,329 632,291 726,462 1,034,658 1,089,693 1,264,582 1,551,987 1,896,873 2,179,386 3,103,974 3,793,746 4,655,961 5,690,619 9,311,922 11,381,238 17,071,857 34,143,714 51,215,571 and 102,431,142, with no remainder.

Since 102,431,142 cannot be divided by just 1 and 102,431,142, 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).