Q: Is 113,056,272 a Composite Number?

Why is 113,056,272 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 113,056,272 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 16 18 21 24 28 36 42 48 56 59 63 72 84 112 118 126 144 168 177 236 252 336 354 413 472 504 531 708 826 944 1,008 1,062 1,239 1,416 1,652 1,901 2,124 2,478 2,832 3,304 3,717 3,802 4,248 4,956 5,703 6,608 7,434 7,604 8,496 9,912 11,406 13,307 14,868 15,208 17,109 19,824 22,812 26,614 29,736 30,416 34,218 39,921 45,624 53,228 59,472 68,436 79,842 91,248 106,456 112,159 119,763 136,872 159,684 212,912 224,318 239,526 273,744 319,368 336,477 448,636 479,052 638,736 672,954 785,113 897,272 958,104 1,009,431 1,345,908 1,570,226 1,794,544 1,916,208 2,018,862 2,355,339 2,691,816 3,140,452 4,037,724 4,710,678 5,383,632 6,280,904 7,066,017 8,075,448 9,421,356 12,561,808 14,132,034 16,150,896 18,842,712 28,264,068 37,685,424 56,528,136 and 113,056,272, with no remainder.

Since 113,056,272 cannot be divided by just 1 and 113,056,272, 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).