Q: Is 143,104,401 a Composite Number?

Why is 143,104,401 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 143,104,401 can be evenly divided by 1 3 9 11 27 31 33 81 93 99 121 157 243 279 297 341 363 471 837 891 1,023 1,089 1,413 1,727 2,511 2,673 3,069 3,267 3,751 4,239 4,867 5,181 7,533 9,207 9,801 11,253 12,717 14,601 15,543 18,997 27,621 29,403 33,759 38,151 43,803 46,629 53,537 56,991 82,863 101,277 131,409 139,887 160,611 170,973 303,831 394,227 419,661 481,833 512,919 588,907 911,493 1,182,681 1,445,499 1,538,757 1,766,721 4,336,497 4,616,271 5,300,163 13,009,491 15,900,489 47,701,467 and 143,104,401, with no remainder.

Since 143,104,401 cannot be divided by just 1 and 143,104,401, 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).