Q: Is 140,212,320 a Composite Number?

Why is 140,212,320 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 140,212,320 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 24 30 32 40 48 59 60 80 96 118 120 160 177 236 240 295 354 472 480 590 708 885 944 1,180 1,416 1,770 1,888 2,360 2,832 3,540 4,720 4,951 5,664 7,080 9,440 9,902 14,160 14,853 19,804 24,755 28,320 29,706 39,608 49,510 59,412 74,265 79,216 99,020 118,824 148,530 158,432 198,040 237,648 292,109 297,060 396,080 475,296 584,218 594,120 792,160 876,327 1,168,436 1,188,240 1,460,545 1,752,654 2,336,872 2,376,480 2,921,090 3,505,308 4,381,635 4,673,744 5,842,180 7,010,616 8,763,270 9,347,488 11,684,360 14,021,232 17,526,540 23,368,720 28,042,464 35,053,080 46,737,440 70,106,160 and 140,212,320, with no remainder.

Since 140,212,320 cannot be divided by just 1 and 140,212,320, 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).