Q: Is 131,312,304 a Composite Number?

Why is 131,312,304 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 131,312,304 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 36 48 72 131 144 262 393 524 786 1,048 1,179 1,572 2,096 2,358 3,144 4,716 6,288 6,961 9,432 13,922 18,864 20,883 27,844 41,766 55,688 62,649 83,532 111,376 125,298 167,064 250,596 334,128 501,192 911,891 1,002,384 1,823,782 2,735,673 3,647,564 5,471,346 7,295,128 8,207,019 10,942,692 14,590,256 16,414,038 21,885,384 32,828,076 43,770,768 65,656,152 and 131,312,304, with no remainder.

Since 131,312,304 cannot be divided by just 1 and 131,312,304, 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).