Q: Is 142,240,098 a Composite Number?

Why is 142,240,098 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 142,240,098 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 11 13 14 21 22 26 33 39 42 66 77 78 91 121 143 154 182 231 242 273 286 363 429 462 546 726 847 858 1,001 1,573 1,694 2,002 2,153 2,541 3,003 3,146 4,306 4,719 5,082 6,006 6,459 9,438 11,011 12,918 15,071 22,022 23,683 27,989 30,142 33,033 45,213 47,366 55,978 66,066 71,049 83,967 90,426 142,098 165,781 167,934 195,923 260,513 307,879 331,562 391,846 497,343 521,026 587,769 615,758 781,539 923,637 994,686 1,175,538 1,563,078 1,823,591 1,847,274 2,155,153 3,386,669 3,647,182 4,310,306 5,470,773 6,465,459 6,773,338 10,160,007 10,941,546 12,930,918 20,320,014 23,706,683 47,413,366 71,120,049 and 142,240,098, with no remainder.

Since 142,240,098 cannot be divided by just 1 and 142,240,098, 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).