Q: Is 118,088,838 a Composite Number?

Why is 118,088,838 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 118,088,838 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 9 14 18 19 21 38 42 57 63 107 114 126 133 171 214 266 321 342 399 461 642 749 798 922 963 1,197 1,383 1,498 1,926 2,033 2,247 2,394 2,766 3,227 4,066 4,149 4,494 6,099 6,454 6,741 8,298 8,759 9,681 12,198 13,482 14,231 17,518 18,297 19,362 26,277 28,462 29,043 36,594 42,693 49,327 52,554 58,086 61,313 78,831 85,386 98,654 122,626 128,079 147,981 157,662 183,939 256,158 295,962 345,289 367,878 443,943 551,817 690,578 887,886 937,213 1,035,867 1,103,634 1,874,426 2,071,734 2,811,639 3,107,601 5,623,278 6,215,202 6,560,491 8,434,917 13,120,982 16,869,834 19,681,473 39,362,946 59,044,419 and 118,088,838, with no remainder.

Since 118,088,838 cannot be divided by just 1 and 118,088,838, 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).