Q: Is 143,125,440 a Composite Number?

Why is 143,125,440 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 143,125,440 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 24 29 30 32 40 48 53 58 60 64 80 87 96 97 106 116 120 145 159 160 174 192 194 212 232 240 265 290 291 318 320 348 388 424 435 464 480 485 530 580 582 636 696 776 795 848 870 928 960 970 1,060 1,160 1,164 1,272 1,392 1,455 1,537 1,552 1,590 1,696 1,740 1,856 1,940 2,120 2,320 2,328 2,544 2,784 2,813 2,910 3,074 3,104 3,180 3,392 3,480 3,880 4,240 4,611 4,640 4,656 5,088 5,141 5,568 5,626 5,820 6,148 6,208 6,360 6,960 7,685 7,760 8,439 8,480 9,222 9,280 9,312 10,176 10,282 11,252 11,640 12,296 12,720 13,920 14,065 15,370 15,423 15,520 16,878 16,960 18,444 18,624 20,564 22,504 23,055 23,280 24,592 25,440 25,705 27,840 28,130 30,740 30,846 31,040 33,756 36,888 41,128 42,195 45,008 46,110 46,560 49,184 50,880 51,410 56,260 61,480 61,692 67,512 73,776 77,115 82,256 84,390 90,016 92,220 93,120 98,368 102,820 112,520 122,960 123,384 135,024 147,552 149,089 154,230 164,512 168,780 180,032 184,440 205,640 225,040 245,920 246,768 270,048 295,104 298,178 308,460 329,024 337,560 368,880 411,280 447,267 450,080 491,840 493,536 540,096 596,356 616,920 675,120 737,760 745,445 822,560 894,534 900,160 987,072 1,192,712 1,233,840 1,350,240 1,475,520 1,490,890 1,645,120 1,789,068 2,236,335 2,385,424 2,467,680 2,700,480 2,981,780 3,578,136 4,472,670 4,770,848 4,935,360 5,963,560 7,156,272 8,945,340 9,541,696 11,927,120 14,312,544 17,890,680 23,854,240 28,625,088 35,781,360 47,708,480 71,562,720 and 143,125,440, with no remainder.

Since 143,125,440 cannot be divided by just 1 and 143,125,440, 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).