Q: Is 106,371,540 a Composite Number?

Why is 106,371,540 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 106,371,540 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 11 12 15 18 20 22 30 31 33 36 44 45 55 60 62 66 90 93 99 110 124 132 155 165 180 186 198 220 279 310 330 341 372 396 465 495 558 620 660 682 930 990 1,023 1,116 1,364 1,395 1,705 1,733 1,860 1,980 2,046 2,790 3,069 3,410 3,466 4,092 5,115 5,199 5,580 6,138 6,820 6,932 8,665 10,230 10,398 12,276 15,345 15,597 17,330 19,063 20,460 20,796 25,995 30,690 31,194 34,660 38,126 51,990 53,723 57,189 61,380 62,388 76,252 77,985 95,315 103,980 107,446 114,378 155,970 161,169 171,567 190,630 214,892 228,756 268,615 285,945 311,940 322,338 343,134 381,260 483,507 537,230 571,890 590,953 644,676 686,268 805,845 857,835 967,014 1,074,460 1,143,780 1,181,906 1,611,690 1,715,670 1,772,859 1,934,028 2,363,812 2,417,535 2,954,765 3,223,380 3,431,340 3,545,718 4,835,070 5,318,577 5,909,530 7,091,436 8,864,295 9,670,140 10,637,154 11,819,060 17,728,590 21,274,308 26,592,885 35,457,180 53,185,770 and 106,371,540, with no remainder.

Since 106,371,540 cannot be divided by just 1 and 106,371,540, 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).