Q: Is 148,860,000 a Composite Number?

Why is 148,860,000 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 148,860,000 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 12 15 16 18 20 24 25 30 32 36 40 45 48 50 60 72 75 80 90 96 100 120 125 144 150 160 180 200 225 240 250 288 300 360 375 400 450 480 500 600 625 720 750 800 827 900 1,000 1,125 1,200 1,250 1,440 1,500 1,654 1,800 1,875 2,000 2,250 2,400 2,481 2,500 3,000 3,308 3,600 3,750 4,000 4,135 4,500 4,962 5,000 5,625 6,000 6,616 7,200 7,443 7,500 8,270 9,000 9,924 10,000 11,250 12,000 12,405 13,232 14,886 15,000 16,540 18,000 19,848 20,000 20,675 22,500 24,810 26,464 29,772 30,000 33,080 36,000 37,215 39,696 41,350 45,000 49,620 59,544 60,000 62,025 66,160 74,430 79,392 82,700 90,000 99,240 103,375 119,088 124,050 132,320 148,860 165,400 180,000 186,075 198,480 206,750 238,176 248,100 297,720 310,125 330,800 372,150 396,960 413,500 496,200 516,875 595,440 620,250 661,600 744,300 827,000 930,375 992,400 1,033,750 1,190,880 1,240,500 1,488,600 1,550,625 1,654,000 1,860,750 1,984,800 2,067,500 2,481,000 2,977,200 3,101,250 3,308,000 3,721,500 4,135,000 4,651,875 4,962,000 5,954,400 6,202,500 7,443,000 8,270,000 9,303,750 9,924,000 12,405,000 14,886,000 16,540,000 18,607,500 24,810,000 29,772,000 37,215,000 49,620,000 74,430,000 and 148,860,000, with no remainder.

Since 148,860,000 cannot be divided by just 1 and 148,860,000, 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).