Q: Is 131,305,008 a Composite Number?

Why is 131,305,008 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 131,305,008 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 17 24 34 37 48 51 68 74 102 111 136 148 204 222 272 296 408 444 592 629 816 888 1,258 1,776 1,887 2,516 3,774 4,349 5,032 7,548 8,698 10,064 13,047 15,096 17,396 26,094 30,192 34,792 52,188 69,584 73,933 104,376 147,866 160,913 208,752 221,799 295,732 321,826 443,598 482,739 591,464 643,652 887,196 965,478 1,182,928 1,287,304 1,774,392 1,930,956 2,574,608 2,735,521 3,548,784 3,861,912 5,471,042 7,723,824 8,206,563 10,942,084 16,413,126 21,884,168 32,826,252 43,768,336 65,652,504 and 131,305,008, with no remainder.

Since 131,305,008 cannot be divided by just 1 and 131,305,008, 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).