Q: Is 135,202,420 a Composite Number?

Why is 135,202,420 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 135,202,420 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 10 20 41 82 164 205 410 820 164,881 329,762 659,524 824,405 1,648,810 3,297,620 6,760,121 13,520,242 27,040,484 33,800,605 67,601,210 and 135,202,420, with no remainder.

Since 135,202,420 cannot be divided by just 1 and 135,202,420, 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).