Q: Is 140,130,216 a Composite Number?

Why is 140,130,216 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 140,130,216 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 24 27 36 54 72 73 108 146 216 219 292 438 584 657 876 1,314 1,752 1,971 2,628 3,942 5,256 7,884 8,887 15,768 17,774 26,661 35,548 53,322 71,096 79,983 106,644 159,966 213,288 239,949 319,932 479,898 639,864 648,751 959,796 1,297,502 1,919,592 1,946,253 2,595,004 3,892,506 5,190,008 5,838,759 7,785,012 11,677,518 15,570,024 17,516,277 23,355,036 35,032,554 46,710,072 70,065,108 and 140,130,216, with no remainder.

Since 140,130,216 cannot be divided by just 1 and 140,130,216, 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).