Q: Is 142,653,360 a Composite Number?

Why is 142,653,360 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 142,653,360 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 23 24 30 40 43 46 48 60 69 80 86 92 115 120 129 138 172 184 215 230 240 258 276 344 345 368 430 460 516 552 601 645 688 690 860 920 989 1,032 1,104 1,202 1,290 1,380 1,720 1,803 1,840 1,978 2,064 2,404 2,580 2,760 2,967 3,005 3,440 3,606 3,956 4,808 4,945 5,160 5,520 5,934 6,010 7,212 7,912 9,015 9,616 9,890 10,320 11,868 12,020 13,823 14,424 14,835 15,824 18,030 19,780 23,736 24,040 25,843 27,646 28,848 29,670 36,060 39,560 41,469 47,472 48,080 51,686 55,292 59,340 69,115 72,120 77,529 79,120 82,938 103,372 110,584 118,680 129,215 138,230 144,240 155,058 165,876 206,744 207,345 221,168 237,360 258,430 276,460 310,116 331,752 387,645 413,488 414,690 516,860 552,920 594,389 620,232 663,504 775,290 829,380 1,033,720 1,105,840 1,188,778 1,240,464 1,550,580 1,658,760 1,783,167 2,067,440 2,377,556 2,971,945 3,101,160 3,317,520 3,566,334 4,755,112 5,943,890 6,202,320 7,132,668 8,915,835 9,510,224 11,887,780 14,265,336 17,831,670 23,775,560 28,530,672 35,663,340 47,551,120 71,326,680 and 142,653,360, with no remainder.

Since 142,653,360 cannot be divided by just 1 and 142,653,360, 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).