Q: Is 131,243,560 a Composite Number?

Why is 131,243,560 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 131,243,560 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 8 10 14 20 28 29 35 40 49 56 58 70 98 116 140 145 196 203 232 245 280 290 392 406 490 580 812 980 1,015 1,160 1,421 1,624 1,960 2,030 2,309 2,842 4,060 4,618 5,684 7,105 8,120 9,236 11,368 11,545 14,210 16,163 18,472 23,090 28,420 32,326 46,180 56,840 64,652 66,961 80,815 92,360 113,141 129,304 133,922 161,630 226,282 267,844 323,260 334,805 452,564 468,727 535,688 565,705 646,520 669,610 905,128 937,454 1,131,410 1,339,220 1,874,908 2,262,820 2,343,635 2,678,440 3,281,089 3,749,816 4,525,640 4,687,270 6,562,178 9,374,540 13,124,356 16,405,445 18,749,080 26,248,712 32,810,890 65,621,780 and 131,243,560, with no remainder.

Since 131,243,560 cannot be divided by just 1 and 131,243,560, 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).