Q: Is 131,207,616 a Composite Number?

Why is 131,207,616 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 131,207,616 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 19 24 32 36 38 48 57 64 72 76 96 114 144 152 171 192 228 288 304 342 361 456 576 608 631 684 722 912 1,083 1,216 1,262 1,368 1,444 1,824 1,893 2,166 2,524 2,736 2,888 3,249 3,648 3,786 4,332 5,048 5,472 5,679 5,776 6,498 7,572 8,664 10,096 10,944 11,358 11,552 11,989 12,996 15,144 17,328 20,192 22,716 23,104 23,978 25,992 30,288 34,656 35,967 40,384 45,432 47,956 51,984 60,576 69,312 71,934 90,864 95,912 103,968 107,901 121,152 143,868 181,728 191,824 207,936 215,802 227,791 287,736 363,456 383,648 431,604 455,582 575,472 683,373 767,296 863,208 911,164 1,150,944 1,366,746 1,726,416 1,822,328 2,050,119 2,301,888 2,733,492 3,452,832 3,644,656 4,100,238 5,466,984 6,905,664 7,289,312 8,200,476 10,933,968 14,578,624 16,400,952 21,867,936 32,801,904 43,735,872 65,603,808 and 131,207,616, with no remainder.

Since 131,207,616 cannot be divided by just 1 and 131,207,616, 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).