Q: Is 140,272,000 a Composite Number?

Why is 140,272,000 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 140,272,000 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 11 16 20 22 25 32 40 44 50 55 64 80 88 100 110 125 128 160 176 200 220 250 275 320 352 400 440 500 550 640 704 797 800 880 1,000 1,100 1,375 1,408 1,594 1,600 1,760 2,000 2,200 2,750 3,188 3,200 3,520 3,985 4,000 4,400 5,500 6,376 7,040 7,970 8,000 8,767 8,800 11,000 12,752 15,940 16,000 17,534 17,600 19,925 22,000 25,504 31,880 35,068 35,200 39,850 43,835 44,000 51,008 63,760 70,136 79,700 87,670 88,000 99,625 102,016 127,520 140,272 159,400 175,340 176,000 199,250 219,175 255,040 280,544 318,800 350,680 398,500 438,350 510,080 561,088 637,600 701,360 797,000 876,700 1,095,875 1,122,176 1,275,200 1,402,720 1,594,000 1,753,400 2,191,750 2,550,400 2,805,440 3,188,000 3,506,800 4,383,500 5,610,880 6,376,000 7,013,600 8,767,000 12,752,000 14,027,200 17,534,000 28,054,400 35,068,000 70,136,000 and 140,272,000, with no remainder.

Since 140,272,000 cannot be divided by just 1 and 140,272,000, 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).