Q: Is 106,201,521 a Composite Number?

Why is 106,201,521 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 106,201,521 can be evenly divided by 1 3 9 41 123 369 449 641 1,347 1,923 4,041 5,769 18,409 26,281 55,227 78,843 165,681 236,529 287,809 863,427 2,590,281 11,800,169 35,400,507 and 106,201,521, with no remainder.

Since 106,201,521 cannot be divided by just 1 and 106,201,521, 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).