Q: Is 150,889,635 a Composite Number?

Why is 150,889,635 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 150,889,635 can be evenly divided by 1 3 5 9 13 15 27 39 41 45 65 81 117 123 135 195 205 233 243 351 369 405 533 585 615 699 1,053 1,107 1,165 1,215 1,599 1,755 1,845 2,097 2,665 3,029 3,159 3,321 3,495 4,797 5,265 5,535 6,291 7,995 9,087 9,553 9,963 10,485 14,391 15,145 15,795 16,605 18,873 23,985 27,261 28,659 31,455 43,173 45,435 47,765 49,815 56,619 71,955 81,783 85,977 94,365 124,189 129,519 136,305 143,295 215,865 245,349 257,931 283,095 372,567 408,915 429,885 620,945 647,595 736,047 773,793 1,117,701 1,226,745 1,289,655 1,862,835 2,321,379 3,353,103 3,680,235 3,868,965 5,588,505 10,059,309 11,606,895 16,765,515 30,177,927 50,296,545 and 150,889,635, with no remainder.

Since 150,889,635 cannot be divided by just 1 and 150,889,635, 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).