Q: Is 131,210,304 a Composite Number?

Why is 131,210,304 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 131,210,304 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 24 32 48 64 96 127 192 254 381 508 762 1,016 1,524 2,032 3,048 4,064 5,381 6,096 8,128 10,762 12,192 16,143 21,524 24,384 32,286 43,048 64,572 86,096 129,144 172,192 258,288 344,384 516,576 683,387 1,033,152 1,366,774 2,050,161 2,733,548 4,100,322 5,467,096 8,200,644 10,934,192 16,401,288 21,868,384 32,802,576 43,736,768 65,605,152 and 131,210,304, with no remainder.

Since 131,210,304 cannot be divided by just 1 and 131,210,304, 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).