Q: Is 103,579,770 a Composite Number?

Why is 103,579,770 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 103,579,770 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 5 6 7 10 14 15 21 30 35 42 70 71 105 142 210 213 355 426 497 710 994 1,065 1,491 2,130 2,485 2,982 4,970 6,947 7,455 13,894 14,910 20,841 34,735 41,682 48,629 69,470 97,258 104,205 145,887 208,410 243,145 291,774 486,290 493,237 729,435 986,474 1,458,870 1,479,711 2,466,185 2,959,422 3,452,659 4,932,370 6,905,318 7,398,555 10,357,977 14,797,110 17,263,295 20,715,954 34,526,590 51,789,885 and 103,579,770, with no remainder.

Since 103,579,770 cannot be divided by just 1 and 103,579,770, 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).