Q: Is 104,001,342 a Composite Number?

Why is 104,001,342 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 104,001,342 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 17 31 34 51 62 93 102 186 527 961 1,054 1,061 1,581 1,922 2,122 2,883 3,162 3,183 5,766 6,366 16,337 18,037 32,674 32,891 36,074 49,011 54,111 65,782 98,022 98,673 108,222 197,346 559,147 1,019,621 1,118,294 1,677,441 2,039,242 3,058,863 3,354,882 6,117,726 17,333,557 34,667,114 52,000,671 and 104,001,342, with no remainder.

Since 104,001,342 cannot be divided by just 1 and 104,001,342, 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).