Q: Is 104,364,736 a Composite Number?

Why is 104,364,736 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 104,364,736 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 16 28 29 32 56 58 64 112 116 203 224 232 277 406 448 464 554 812 841 928 1,108 1,624 1,682 1,856 1,939 2,216 3,248 3,364 3,878 4,432 5,887 6,496 6,728 7,756 8,033 8,864 11,774 12,992 13,456 15,512 16,066 17,728 23,548 26,912 31,024 32,132 47,096 53,824 56,231 62,048 64,264 94,192 112,462 124,096 128,528 188,384 224,924 232,957 257,056 376,768 449,848 465,914 514,112 899,696 931,828 1,630,699 1,799,392 1,863,656 3,261,398 3,598,784 3,727,312 6,522,796 7,454,624 13,045,592 14,909,248 26,091,184 52,182,368 and 104,364,736, with no remainder.

Since 104,364,736 cannot be divided by just 1 and 104,364,736, 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).