Q: Is 131,310,312 a Composite Number?

Why is 131,310,312 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 131,310,312 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 17 21 23 24 28 34 42 46 51 56 68 69 84 92 102 119 136 138 161 168 184 204 238 276 322 357 391 408 476 483 552 644 714 782 952 966 1,173 1,288 1,428 1,564 1,932 1,999 2,346 2,737 2,856 3,128 3,864 3,998 4,692 5,474 5,997 7,996 8,211 9,384 10,948 11,994 13,993 15,992 16,422 21,896 23,988 27,986 32,844 33,983 41,979 45,977 47,976 55,972 65,688 67,966 83,958 91,954 101,949 111,944 135,932 137,931 167,916 183,908 203,898 237,881 271,864 275,862 321,839 335,832 367,816 407,796 475,762 551,724 643,678 713,643 781,609 815,592 951,524 965,517 1,103,448 1,287,356 1,427,286 1,563,218 1,903,048 1,931,034 2,344,827 2,574,712 2,854,572 3,126,436 3,862,068 4,689,654 5,471,263 5,709,144 6,252,872 7,724,136 9,379,308 10,942,526 16,413,789 18,758,616 21,885,052 32,827,578 43,770,104 65,655,156 and 131,310,312, with no remainder.

Since 131,310,312 cannot be divided by just 1 and 131,310,312, 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).