Q: Is 103,431,042 a Composite Number?

Why is 103,431,042 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 103,431,042 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 11 13 18 22 26 33 39 66 78 99 117 121 143 169 198 234 242 281 286 338 363 429 507 562 726 843 858 1,014 1,089 1,287 1,521 1,573 1,686 1,859 2,178 2,529 2,574 3,042 3,091 3,146 3,653 3,718 4,719 5,058 5,577 6,182 7,306 9,273 9,438 10,959 11,154 14,157 16,731 18,546 20,449 21,918 27,819 28,314 32,877 33,462 34,001 40,183 40,898 47,489 55,638 61,347 65,754 68,002 80,366 94,978 102,003 120,549 122,694 142,467 184,041 204,006 241,098 284,934 306,009 361,647 368,082 427,401 442,013 522,379 612,018 723,294 854,802 884,026 1,044,758 1,326,039 1,567,137 2,652,078 3,134,274 3,978,117 4,701,411 5,746,169 7,956,234 9,402,822 11,492,338 17,238,507 34,477,014 51,715,521 and 103,431,042, with no remainder.

Since 103,431,042 cannot be divided by just 1 and 103,431,042, 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).