Q: Is 125,331,304 a Composite Number?

Why is 125,331,304 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 125,331,304 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 28 56 101 202 404 707 808 1,414 2,828 5,656 22,159 44,318 88,636 155,113 177,272 310,226 620,452 1,240,904 2,238,059 4,476,118 8,952,236 15,666,413 17,904,472 31,332,826 62,665,652 and 125,331,304, with no remainder.

Since 125,331,304 cannot be divided by just 1 and 125,331,304, 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).