Q: Is 132,249,744 a Composite Number?

Why is 132,249,744 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 132,249,744 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 11 12 16 18 22 24 29 33 36 44 48 58 66 72 87 88 99 116 132 144 174 176 198 232 261 264 319 348 396 464 522 528 638 696 792 957 1,044 1,276 1,392 1,584 1,914 2,088 2,552 2,871 2,879 3,828 4,176 5,104 5,742 5,758 7,656 8,637 11,484 11,516 15,312 17,274 22,968 23,032 25,911 31,669 34,548 45,936 46,064 51,822 63,338 69,096 83,491 95,007 103,644 126,676 138,192 166,982 190,014 207,288 250,473 253,352 285,021 333,964 380,028 414,576 500,946 506,704 570,042 667,928 751,419 760,056 918,401 1,001,892 1,140,084 1,335,856 1,502,838 1,520,112 1,836,802 2,003,784 2,280,168 2,755,203 3,005,676 3,673,604 4,007,568 4,560,336 5,510,406 6,011,352 7,347,208 8,265,609 11,020,812 12,022,704 14,694,416 16,531,218 22,041,624 33,062,436 44,083,248 66,124,872 and 132,249,744, with no remainder.

Since 132,249,744 cannot be divided by just 1 and 132,249,744, 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).