Q: Is 131,102,442 a Composite Number?

Why is 131,102,442 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 131,102,442 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 18 27 43 54 86 129 131 258 262 387 393 431 774 786 862 1,161 1,179 1,293 2,322 2,358 2,586 3,537 3,879 5,633 7,074 7,758 11,266 11,637 16,899 18,533 23,274 33,798 37,066 50,697 55,599 56,461 101,394 111,198 112,922 152,091 166,797 169,383 304,182 333,594 338,766 500,391 508,149 1,000,782 1,016,298 1,524,447 2,427,823 3,048,894 4,855,646 7,283,469 14,566,938 21,850,407 43,700,814 65,551,221 and 131,102,442, with no remainder.

Since 131,102,442 cannot be divided by just 1 and 131,102,442, 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).