Q: Is 143,102,232 a Composite Number?

Why is 143,102,232 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 143,102,232 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 13 14 18 21 24 26 28 36 39 42 52 56 63 72 78 84 91 104 117 126 156 168 182 234 252 273 312 364 468 504 546 728 819 936 1,092 1,638 2,184 3,276 6,552 21,841 43,682 65,523 87,364 131,046 152,887 174,728 196,569 262,092 283,933 305,774 393,138 458,661 524,184 567,866 611,548 786,276 851,799 917,322 1,135,732 1,223,096 1,375,983 1,572,552 1,703,598 1,834,644 1,987,531 2,271,464 2,555,397 2,751,966 3,407,196 3,669,288 3,975,062 5,110,794 5,503,932 5,962,593 6,814,392 7,950,124 10,221,588 11,007,864 11,925,186 15,900,248 17,887,779 20,443,176 23,850,372 35,775,558 47,700,744 71,551,116 and 143,102,232, with no remainder.

Since 143,102,232 cannot be divided by just 1 and 143,102,232, 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).