Q: Is 135,420,544 a Composite Number?

Why is 135,420,544 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 135,420,544 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 16 28 32 56 64 112 128 224 359 421 448 718 842 896 1,436 1,684 2,513 2,872 2,947 3,368 5,026 5,744 5,894 6,736 10,052 11,488 11,788 13,472 20,104 22,976 23,576 26,944 40,208 45,952 47,152 53,888 80,416 94,304 151,139 160,832 188,608 302,278 321,664 377,216 604,556 1,057,973 1,209,112 2,115,946 2,418,224 4,231,892 4,836,448 8,463,784 9,672,896 16,927,568 19,345,792 33,855,136 67,710,272 and 135,420,544, with no remainder.

Since 135,420,544 cannot be divided by just 1 and 135,420,544, 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).