Q: Is 142,655,604 a Composite Number?

Why is 142,655,604 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 142,655,604 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 12 13 14 21 26 28 39 42 52 78 84 91 156 169 182 273 338 364 507 546 676 773 1,014 1,092 1,183 1,546 2,028 2,197 2,319 2,366 3,092 3,549 4,394 4,638 4,732 5,411 6,591 7,098 8,788 9,276 10,049 10,822 13,182 14,196 15,379 16,233 20,098 21,644 26,364 30,147 30,758 32,466 40,196 46,137 60,294 61,516 64,932 70,343 92,274 120,588 130,637 140,686 184,548 211,029 261,274 281,372 391,911 422,058 522,548 783,822 844,116 914,459 1,567,644 1,698,281 1,828,918 2,743,377 3,396,562 3,657,836 5,094,843 5,486,754 6,793,124 10,189,686 10,973,508 11,887,967 20,379,372 23,775,934 35,663,901 47,551,868 71,327,802 and 142,655,604, with no remainder.

Since 142,655,604 cannot be divided by just 1 and 142,655,604, 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).