Q: Is 142,323,126 a Composite Number?

Why is 142,323,126 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 142,323,126 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 11 22 23 29 33 46 53 58 61 66 69 87 106 122 138 159 174 183 253 318 319 366 506 583 638 667 671 759 957 1,166 1,219 1,334 1,342 1,403 1,518 1,537 1,749 1,769 1,914 2,001 2,013 2,438 2,806 3,074 3,233 3,498 3,538 3,657 4,002 4,026 4,209 4,611 5,307 6,466 7,314 7,337 8,418 9,222 9,699 10,614 13,409 14,674 15,433 16,907 19,398 19,459 22,011 26,818 30,866 33,814 35,351 35,563 38,918 40,227 40,687 44,022 46,299 50,721 58,377 70,702 71,126 74,359 80,454 81,374 92,598 93,757 101,442 106,053 106,689 116,754 122,061 148,718 187,514 212,106 213,378 223,077 244,122 281,271 388,861 446,154 447,557 562,542 777,722 817,949 895,114 1,031,327 1,166,583 1,342,671 1,635,898 2,062,654 2,156,411 2,333,166 2,453,847 2,685,342 3,093,981 4,312,822 4,907,694 6,187,962 6,469,233 12,938,466 23,720,521 47,441,042 71,161,563 and 142,323,126, with no remainder.

Since 142,323,126 cannot be divided by just 1 and 142,323,126, 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).