Q: Is 131,077,296 a Composite Number?

Why is 131,077,296 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 131,077,296 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 16 18 21 24 28 36 42 48 56 63 72 84 109 112 126 144 168 218 252 327 336 436 504 654 763 872 981 1,008 1,193 1,308 1,526 1,744 1,962 2,289 2,386 2,616 3,052 3,579 3,924 4,578 4,772 5,232 6,104 6,867 7,158 7,848 8,351 9,156 9,544 10,737 12,208 13,734 14,316 15,696 16,702 18,312 19,088 21,474 25,053 27,468 28,632 33,404 36,624 42,948 50,106 54,936 57,264 66,808 75,159 85,896 100,212 109,872 130,037 133,616 150,318 171,792 200,424 260,074 300,636 390,111 400,848 520,148 601,272 780,222 910,259 1,040,296 1,170,333 1,202,544 1,560,444 1,820,518 2,080,592 2,340,666 2,730,777 3,120,888 3,641,036 4,681,332 5,461,554 6,241,776 7,282,072 8,192,331 9,362,664 10,923,108 14,564,144 16,384,662 18,725,328 21,846,216 32,769,324 43,692,432 65,538,648 and 131,077,296, with no remainder.

Since 131,077,296 cannot be divided by just 1 and 131,077,296, 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).