Q: Is 131,430,240 a Composite Number?

Why is 131,430,240 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 131,430,240 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 12 15 16 18 20 24 30 32 36 40 45 48 60 72 80 90 96 107 120 144 160 180 214 240 288 321 360 428 480 535 642 720 853 856 963 1,070 1,284 1,440 1,605 1,706 1,712 1,926 2,140 2,559 2,568 3,210 3,412 3,424 3,852 4,265 4,280 4,815 5,118 5,136 6,420 6,824 7,677 7,704 8,530 8,560 9,630 10,236 10,272 12,795 12,840 13,648 15,354 15,408 17,060 17,120 19,260 20,472 25,590 25,680 27,296 30,708 30,816 34,120 38,385 38,520 40,944 51,180 51,360 61,416 68,240 76,770 77,040 81,888 91,271 102,360 122,832 136,480 153,540 154,080 182,542 204,720 245,664 273,813 307,080 365,084 409,440 456,355 547,626 614,160 730,168 821,439 912,710 1,095,252 1,228,320 1,369,065 1,460,336 1,642,878 1,825,420 2,190,504 2,738,130 2,920,672 3,285,756 3,650,840 4,107,195 4,381,008 5,476,260 6,571,512 7,301,680 8,214,390 8,762,016 10,952,520 13,143,024 14,603,360 16,428,780 21,905,040 26,286,048 32,857,560 43,810,080 65,715,120 and 131,430,240, with no remainder.

Since 131,430,240 cannot be divided by just 1 and 131,430,240, 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).