Q: Is 106,264,236 a Composite Number?

Why is 106,264,236 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 106,264,236 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 12 13 26 29 39 52 58 78 83 87 116 156 166 174 249 283 332 348 377 498 566 754 849 996 1,079 1,131 1,132 1,508 1,698 2,158 2,262 2,407 3,237 3,396 3,679 4,316 4,524 4,814 6,474 7,221 7,358 8,207 9,628 11,037 12,948 14,442 14,716 16,414 22,074 23,489 24,621 28,884 31,291 32,828 44,148 46,978 49,242 62,582 70,467 93,873 93,956 98,484 106,691 125,164 140,934 187,746 213,382 281,868 305,357 320,073 375,492 426,764 610,714 640,146 681,181 916,071 1,221,428 1,280,292 1,362,362 1,832,142 2,043,543 2,724,724 3,664,284 4,087,086 8,174,172 8,855,353 17,710,706 26,566,059 35,421,412 53,132,118 and 106,264,236, with no remainder.

Since 106,264,236 cannot be divided by just 1 and 106,264,236, 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).