Q: Is 197,131,800 a Composite Number?

Why is 197,131,800 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 197,131,800 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 20 24 25 30 40 50 60 75 100 101 120 150 200 202 300 303 404 505 600 606 808 1,010 1,212 1,515 2,020 2,424 2,525 3,030 3,253 4,040 5,050 6,060 6,506 7,575 9,759 10,100 12,120 13,012 15,150 16,265 19,518 20,200 26,024 30,300 32,530 39,036 48,795 60,600 65,060 78,072 81,325 97,590 130,120 162,650 195,180 243,975 325,300 328,553 390,360 487,950 650,600 657,106 975,900 985,659 1,314,212 1,642,765 1,951,800 1,971,318 2,628,424 3,285,530 3,942,636 4,928,295 6,571,060 7,885,272 8,213,825 9,856,590 13,142,120 16,427,650 19,713,180 24,641,475 32,855,300 39,426,360 49,282,950 65,710,600 98,565,900 and 197,131,800, with no remainder.

Since 197,131,800 cannot be divided by just 1 and 197,131,800, 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).