Q: Is 148,742,048 a Composite Number?

Why is 148,742,048 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 148,742,048 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 13 14 16 26 28 32 49 52 56 91 98 104 112 182 196 208 224 364 392 416 637 728 784 1,274 1,456 1,568 2,548 2,912 5,096 7,297 10,192 14,594 20,384 29,188 51,079 58,376 94,861 102,158 116,752 189,722 204,316 233,504 357,553 379,444 408,632 664,027 715,106 758,888 817,264 1,328,054 1,430,212 1,517,776 1,634,528 2,656,108 2,860,424 3,035,552 4,648,189 5,312,216 5,720,848 9,296,378 10,624,432 11,441,696 18,592,756 21,248,864 37,185,512 74,371,024 and 148,742,048, with no remainder.

Since 148,742,048 cannot be divided by just 1 and 148,742,048, 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).