Q: Is 140,421,216 a Composite Number?

Why is 140,421,216 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 140,421,216 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 13 16 24 26 32 37 39 48 52 74 78 96 104 111 148 156 208 222 296 312 416 444 481 592 624 888 962 1,184 1,248 1,443 1,776 1,924 2,886 3,041 3,552 3,848 5,772 6,082 7,696 9,123 11,544 12,164 15,392 18,246 23,088 24,328 36,492 39,533 46,176 48,656 72,984 79,066 97,312 112,517 118,599 145,968 158,132 225,034 237,198 291,936 316,264 337,551 450,068 474,396 632,528 675,102 900,136 948,792 1,265,056 1,350,204 1,462,721 1,800,272 1,897,584 2,700,408 2,925,442 3,600,544 3,795,168 4,388,163 5,400,816 5,850,884 8,776,326 10,801,632 11,701,768 17,552,652 23,403,536 35,105,304 46,807,072 70,210,608 and 140,421,216, with no remainder.

Since 140,421,216 cannot be divided by just 1 and 140,421,216, 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).