Q: Is 201,434,736 a Composite Number?

Why is 201,434,736 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 201,434,736 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 23 24 46 48 69 92 138 184 276 368 529 552 1,058 1,104 1,587 2,116 3,174 4,232 6,348 7,933 8,464 12,696 15,866 23,799 25,392 31,732 47,598 63,464 95,196 126,928 182,459 190,392 364,918 380,784 547,377 729,836 1,094,754 1,459,672 2,189,508 2,919,344 4,196,557 4,379,016 8,393,114 8,758,032 12,589,671 16,786,228 25,179,342 33,572,456 50,358,684 67,144,912 100,717,368 and 201,434,736, with no remainder.

Since 201,434,736 cannot be divided by just 1 and 201,434,736, 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).