Q: Is 104,555,520 a Composite Number?

Why is 104,555,520 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 104,555,520 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 12 15 16 18 20 24 30 32 36 40 45 48 60 64 72 80 90 96 120 128 144 160 180 192 240 256 288 320 360 384 480 512 576 640 720 768 960 1,024 1,152 1,280 1,440 1,536 1,920 2,269 2,304 2,560 2,880 3,072 3,840 4,538 4,608 5,120 5,760 6,807 7,680 9,076 9,216 11,345 11,520 13,614 15,360 18,152 20,421 22,690 23,040 27,228 34,035 36,304 40,842 45,380 46,080 54,456 68,070 72,608 81,684 90,760 102,105 108,912 136,140 145,216 163,368 181,520 204,210 217,824 272,280 290,432 326,736 363,040 408,420 435,648 544,560 580,864 653,472 726,080 816,840 871,296 1,089,120 1,161,728 1,306,944 1,452,160 1,633,680 1,742,592 2,178,240 2,323,456 2,613,888 2,904,320 3,267,360 3,485,184 4,356,480 5,227,776 5,808,640 6,534,720 6,970,368 8,712,960 10,455,552 11,617,280 13,069,440 17,425,920 20,911,104 26,138,880 34,851,840 52,277,760 and 104,555,520, with no remainder.

Since 104,555,520 cannot be divided by just 1 and 104,555,520, 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).