Q: Is 116,729,136 a Composite Number?

Why is 116,729,136 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 116,729,136 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 31 36 48 62 72 79 93 124 144 158 186 237 248 279 316 331 372 474 496 558 632 662 711 744 948 993 1,116 1,264 1,324 1,422 1,488 1,896 1,986 2,232 2,449 2,648 2,844 2,979 3,792 3,972 4,464 4,898 5,296 5,688 5,958 7,347 7,944 9,796 10,261 11,376 11,916 14,694 15,888 19,592 20,522 22,041 23,832 26,149 29,388 30,783 39,184 41,044 44,082 47,664 52,298 58,776 61,566 78,447 82,088 88,164 92,349 104,596 117,552 123,132 156,894 164,176 176,328 184,698 209,192 235,341 246,264 313,788 352,656 369,396 418,384 470,682 492,528 627,576 738,792 810,619 941,364 1,255,152 1,477,584 1,621,238 1,882,728 2,431,857 3,242,476 3,765,456 4,863,714 6,484,952 7,295,571 9,727,428 12,969,904 14,591,142 19,454,856 29,182,284 38,909,712 58,364,568 and 116,729,136, with no remainder.

Since 116,729,136 cannot be divided by just 1 and 116,729,136, 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).