Q: Is 135,324,432 a Composite Number?

Why is 135,324,432 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 135,324,432 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 27 36 48 54 72 81 108 144 162 216 324 432 648 1,296 104,417 208,834 313,251 417,668 626,502 835,336 939,753 1,253,004 1,670,672 1,879,506 2,506,008 2,819,259 3,759,012 5,012,016 5,638,518 7,518,024 8,457,777 11,277,036 15,036,048 16,915,554 22,554,072 33,831,108 45,108,144 67,662,216 and 135,324,432, with no remainder.

Since 135,324,432 cannot be divided by just 1 and 135,324,432, 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).