Q: Is 201,106,655 a Composite Number?

Why is 201,106,655 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 201,106,655 can be evenly divided by 1 5 37 47 101 185 229 235 505 1,145 1,739 3,737 4,747 8,473 8,695 10,763 18,685 23,129 23,735 42,365 53,815 115,645 175,639 398,231 855,773 878,195 1,087,063 1,991,155 4,278,865 5,435,315 40,221,331 and 201,106,655, with no remainder.

Since 201,106,655 cannot be divided by just 1 and 201,106,655, 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).