Q: Is 135,201,258 a Composite Number?

Why is 135,201,258 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 135,201,258 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 18 27 54 1,511 1,657 3,022 3,314 4,533 4,971 9,066 9,942 13,599 14,913 27,198 29,826 40,797 44,739 81,594 89,478 2,503,727 5,007,454 7,511,181 15,022,362 22,533,543 45,067,086 67,600,629 and 135,201,258, with no remainder.

Since 135,201,258 cannot be divided by just 1 and 135,201,258, 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).