Q: Is 118,421,316 a Composite Number?

Why is 118,421,316 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 118,421,316 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 13 18 26 36 39 52 78 79 117 156 158 234 237 316 468 474 711 948 1,027 1,422 2,054 2,844 3,081 3,203 4,108 6,162 6,406 9,243 9,609 12,324 12,812 18,486 19,218 28,827 36,972 38,436 41,639 57,654 83,278 115,308 124,917 166,556 249,834 253,037 374,751 499,668 506,074 749,502 759,111 1,012,148 1,499,004 1,518,222 2,277,333 3,036,444 3,289,481 4,554,666 6,578,962 9,109,332 9,868,443 13,157,924 19,736,886 29,605,329 39,473,772 59,210,658 and 118,421,316, with no remainder.

Since 118,421,316 cannot be divided by just 1 and 118,421,316, 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).