Q: Is 135,201,252 a Composite Number?

Why is 135,201,252 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 135,201,252 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 12 431 862 1,293 1,724 2,586 5,172 26,141 52,282 78,423 104,564 156,846 313,692 11,266,771 22,533,542 33,800,313 45,067,084 67,600,626 and 135,201,252, with no remainder.

Since 135,201,252 cannot be divided by just 1 and 135,201,252, 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).