Q: Is 104,242,356 a Composite Number?

Why is 104,242,356 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 104,242,356 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 18 27 29 36 54 58 83 87 108 116 166 174 249 261 332 348 401 498 522 747 783 802 996 1,044 1,203 1,494 1,566 1,604 2,241 2,406 2,407 2,988 3,132 3,609 4,482 4,812 4,814 7,218 7,221 8,964 9,628 10,827 11,629 14,436 14,442 21,654 21,663 23,258 28,884 33,283 34,887 43,308 43,326 46,516 64,989 66,566 69,774 86,652 99,849 104,661 129,978 133,132 139,548 199,698 209,322 259,956 299,547 313,983 399,396 418,644 599,094 627,966 898,641 965,207 1,198,188 1,255,932 1,797,282 1,930,414 2,895,621 3,594,564 3,860,828 5,791,242 8,686,863 11,582,484 17,373,726 26,060,589 34,747,452 52,121,178 and 104,242,356, with no remainder.

Since 104,242,356 cannot be divided by just 1 and 104,242,356, 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).