Q: Is 140,332,320 a Composite Number?

Why is 140,332,320 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 140,332,320 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 12 15 16 18 20 24 30 32 36 40 45 48 60 72 80 90 96 120 144 160 180 240 288 360 480 720 1,440 97,453 194,906 292,359 389,812 487,265 584,718 779,624 877,077 974,530 1,169,436 1,461,795 1,559,248 1,754,154 1,949,060 2,338,872 2,923,590 3,118,496 3,508,308 3,898,120 4,385,385 4,677,744 5,847,180 7,016,616 7,796,240 8,770,770 9,355,488 11,694,360 14,033,232 15,592,480 17,541,540 23,388,720 28,066,464 35,083,080 46,777,440 70,166,160 and 140,332,320, with no remainder.

Since 140,332,320 cannot be divided by just 1 and 140,332,320, 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).