Q: Is 140,242,032 a Composite Number?

Why is 140,242,032 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 140,242,032 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 16 18 21 24 28 36 42 48 56 63 72 84 112 126 144 168 252 336 373 504 746 1,008 1,119 1,492 2,238 2,611 2,984 3,357 4,476 5,222 5,968 6,714 7,833 8,952 10,444 13,428 15,666 17,904 20,888 23,499 26,856 31,332 41,776 46,998 53,712 62,664 93,996 125,328 139,129 187,992 278,258 375,984 417,387 556,516 834,774 973,903 1,113,032 1,252,161 1,669,548 1,947,806 2,226,064 2,504,322 2,921,709 3,339,096 3,895,612 5,008,644 5,843,418 6,678,192 7,791,224 8,765,127 10,017,288 11,686,836 15,582,448 17,530,254 20,034,576 23,373,672 35,060,508 46,747,344 70,121,016 and 140,242,032, with no remainder.

Since 140,242,032 cannot be divided by just 1 and 140,242,032, 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).