Q: Is 140,717,268 a Composite Number?

Why is 140,717,268 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 140,717,268 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 18 19 36 38 57 76 114 171 228 342 409 503 684 818 1,006 1,227 1,509 1,636 2,012 2,454 3,018 3,681 4,527 4,908 6,036 7,362 7,771 9,054 9,557 14,724 15,542 18,108 19,114 23,313 28,671 31,084 38,228 46,626 57,342 69,939 86,013 93,252 114,684 139,878 172,026 205,727 279,756 344,052 411,454 617,181 822,908 1,234,362 1,851,543 2,468,724 3,703,086 3,908,813 7,406,172 7,817,626 11,726,439 15,635,252 23,452,878 35,179,317 46,905,756 70,358,634 and 140,717,268, with no remainder.

Since 140,717,268 cannot be divided by just 1 and 140,717,268, 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).