Q: Is 201,102,420 a Composite Number?

Why is 201,102,420 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 201,102,420 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 10 12 15 20 30 60 139 278 417 556 695 834 1,390 1,668 2,085 2,780 4,170 8,340 24,113 48,226 72,339 96,452 120,565 144,678 241,130 289,356 361,695 482,260 723,390 1,446,780 3,351,707 6,703,414 10,055,121 13,406,828 16,758,535 20,110,242 33,517,070 40,220,484 50,275,605 67,034,140 100,551,210 and 201,102,420, with no remainder.

Since 201,102,420 cannot be divided by just 1 and 201,102,420, 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).