Q: Is 135,232,864 a Composite Number?

Why is 135,232,864 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 135,232,864 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 13 16 26 32 52 104 208 416 325,079 650,158 1,300,316 2,600,632 4,226,027 5,201,264 8,452,054 10,402,528 16,904,108 33,808,216 67,616,432 and 135,232,864, with no remainder.

Since 135,232,864 cannot be divided by just 1 and 135,232,864, 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).