Q: Is 140,031,504 a Composite Number?

Why is 140,031,504 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 140,031,504 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 27 36 48 54 72 81 108 144 162 167 216 324 334 432 501 647 648 668 1,002 1,294 1,296 1,336 1,503 1,941 2,004 2,588 2,672 3,006 3,882 4,008 4,509 5,176 5,823 6,012 7,764 8,016 9,018 10,352 11,646 12,024 13,527 15,528 17,469 18,036 23,292 24,048 27,054 31,056 34,938 36,072 46,584 52,407 54,108 69,876 72,144 93,168 104,814 108,049 108,216 139,752 209,628 216,098 216,432 279,504 324,147 419,256 432,196 648,294 838,512 864,392 972,441 1,296,588 1,728,784 1,944,882 2,593,176 2,917,323 3,889,764 5,186,352 5,834,646 7,779,528 8,751,969 11,669,292 15,559,056 17,503,938 23,338,584 35,007,876 46,677,168 70,015,752 and 140,031,504, with no remainder.

Since 140,031,504 cannot be divided by just 1 and 140,031,504, 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).