Q: Is 150,536,540 a Composite Number?

Why is 150,536,540 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 150,536,540 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 10 11 14 20 22 28 35 44 55 70 77 110 140 154 220 239 308 385 409 478 770 818 956 1,195 1,540 1,636 1,673 2,045 2,390 2,629 2,863 3,346 4,090 4,499 4,780 5,258 5,726 6,692 8,180 8,365 8,998 10,516 11,452 13,145 14,315 16,730 17,996 18,403 22,495 26,290 28,630 31,493 33,460 36,806 44,990 52,580 57,260 62,986 73,612 89,980 92,015 97,751 125,972 157,465 184,030 195,502 314,930 368,060 391,004 488,755 629,860 684,257 977,510 1,075,261 1,368,514 1,955,020 2,150,522 2,737,028 3,421,285 4,301,044 5,376,305 6,842,570 7,526,827 10,752,610 13,685,140 15,053,654 21,505,220 30,107,308 37,634,135 75,268,270 and 150,536,540, with no remainder.

Since 150,536,540 cannot be divided by just 1 and 150,536,540, 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).