Q: Is 143,292,960 a Composite Number?

Why is 143,292,960 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 143,292,960 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 12 15 16 18 20 24 30 32 36 40 45 48 60 72 80 90 96 120 144 151 160 180 240 288 302 360 453 480 604 659 720 755 906 1,208 1,318 1,359 1,440 1,510 1,812 1,977 2,265 2,416 2,636 2,718 3,020 3,295 3,624 3,954 4,530 4,832 5,272 5,436 5,931 6,040 6,590 6,795 7,248 7,908 9,060 9,885 10,544 10,872 11,862 12,080 13,180 13,590 14,496 15,816 18,120 19,770 21,088 21,744 23,724 24,160 26,360 27,180 29,655 31,632 36,240 39,540 43,488 47,448 52,720 54,360 59,310 63,264 72,480 79,080 94,896 99,509 105,440 108,720 118,620 158,160 189,792 199,018 217,440 237,240 298,527 316,320 398,036 474,480 497,545 597,054 796,072 895,581 948,960 995,090 1,194,108 1,492,635 1,592,144 1,791,162 1,990,180 2,388,216 2,985,270 3,184,288 3,582,324 3,980,360 4,477,905 4,776,432 5,970,540 7,164,648 7,960,720 8,955,810 9,552,864 11,941,080 14,329,296 15,921,440 17,911,620 23,882,160 28,658,592 35,823,240 47,764,320 71,646,480 and 143,292,960, with no remainder.

Since 143,292,960 cannot be divided by just 1 and 143,292,960, 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).