Q: Is 146,431,376 a Composite Number?

Why is 146,431,376 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 146,431,376 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 13 14 16 26 28 52 56 91 104 112 163 182 208 326 364 617 652 728 1,141 1,234 1,304 1,456 2,119 2,282 2,468 2,608 4,238 4,319 4,564 4,936 8,021 8,476 8,638 9,128 9,872 14,833 16,042 16,952 17,276 18,256 29,666 32,084 33,904 34,552 56,147 59,332 64,168 69,104 100,571 112,294 118,664 128,336 201,142 224,588 237,328 402,284 449,176 703,997 804,568 898,352 1,307,423 1,407,994 1,609,136 2,614,846 2,815,988 5,229,692 5,631,976 9,151,961 10,459,384 11,263,952 18,303,922 20,918,768 36,607,844 73,215,688 and 146,431,376, with no remainder.

Since 146,431,376 cannot be divided by just 1 and 146,431,376, 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).