Q: Is 131,520,432 a Composite Number?

Why is 131,520,432 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 131,520,432 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 17 19 24 34 38 48 51 57 68 76 102 114 136 152 204 228 272 289 304 323 408 456 499 578 646 816 867 912 969 998 1,156 1,292 1,497 1,734 1,938 1,996 2,312 2,584 2,994 3,468 3,876 3,992 4,624 5,168 5,491 5,988 6,936 7,752 7,984 8,483 9,481 10,982 11,976 13,872 15,504 16,473 16,966 18,962 21,964 23,952 25,449 28,443 32,946 33,932 37,924 43,928 50,898 56,886 65,892 67,864 75,848 87,856 101,796 113,772 131,784 135,728 144,211 151,696 161,177 203,592 227,544 263,568 288,422 322,354 407,184 432,633 455,088 483,531 576,844 644,708 865,266 967,062 1,153,688 1,289,416 1,730,532 1,934,124 2,307,376 2,578,832 2,740,009 3,461,064 3,868,248 5,480,018 6,922,128 7,736,496 8,220,027 10,960,036 16,440,054 21,920,072 32,880,108 43,840,144 65,760,216 and 131,520,432, with no remainder.

Since 131,520,432 cannot be divided by just 1 and 131,520,432, 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).