Q: Is 131,173,700 a Composite Number?

Why is 131,173,700 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 131,173,700 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 10 14 17 20 25 28 34 35 50 68 70 73 85 100 119 140 146 151 170 175 238 292 302 340 350 365 425 476 511 595 604 700 730 755 850 1,022 1,057 1,190 1,241 1,460 1,510 1,700 1,825 2,044 2,114 2,380 2,482 2,555 2,567 2,975 3,020 3,650 3,775 4,228 4,964 5,110 5,134 5,285 5,950 6,205 7,300 7,550 8,687 10,220 10,268 10,570 11,023 11,900 12,410 12,775 12,835 15,100 17,374 17,969 21,140 22,046 24,820 25,550 25,670 26,425 31,025 34,748 35,938 43,435 44,092 51,100 51,340 52,850 55,115 62,050 64,175 71,876 77,161 86,870 89,845 105,700 110,230 124,100 128,350 154,322 173,740 179,690 187,391 217,175 220,460 256,700 275,575 308,644 359,380 374,782 385,805 434,350 449,225 551,150 749,564 771,610 868,700 898,450 936,955 1,102,300 1,311,737 1,543,220 1,796,900 1,873,910 1,929,025 2,623,474 3,747,820 3,858,050 4,684,775 5,246,948 6,558,685 7,716,100 9,369,550 13,117,370 18,739,100 26,234,740 32,793,425 65,586,850 and 131,173,700, with no remainder.

Since 131,173,700 cannot be divided by just 1 and 131,173,700, 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).