Q: Is 140,101,344 a Composite Number?

Why is 140,101,344 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 140,101,344 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 32 36 48 72 83 96 144 166 249 288 332 498 664 747 996 1,328 1,494 1,992 2,656 2,988 3,984 5,861 5,976 7,968 11,722 11,952 17,583 23,444 23,904 35,166 46,888 52,749 70,332 93,776 105,498 140,664 187,552 210,996 281,328 421,992 486,463 562,656 843,984 972,926 1,459,389 1,687,968 1,945,852 2,918,778 3,891,704 4,378,167 5,837,556 7,783,408 8,756,334 11,675,112 15,566,816 17,512,668 23,350,224 35,025,336 46,700,448 70,050,672 and 140,101,344, with no remainder.

Since 140,101,344 cannot be divided by just 1 and 140,101,344, 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).