Q: Is 220,142,637 a Composite Number?

Why is 220,142,637 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 220,142,637 can be evenly divided by 1 3 9 11 13 23 27 33 37 39 67 69 99 111 117 143 201 207 253 297 299 333 351 407 429 481 603 621 737 759 851 871 897 999 1,221 1,287 1,443 1,541 1,809 2,211 2,277 2,479 2,553 2,613 2,691 3,289 3,663 3,861 4,329 4,623 5,291 6,633 6,831 7,437 7,659 7,839 8,073 9,361 9,581 9,867 10,989 11,063 12,987 13,869 15,873 16,951 19,899 20,033 22,311 22,977 23,517 27,269 28,083 28,743 29,601 32,227 33,189 41,607 47,619 50,853 57,017 60,099 66,933 81,807 84,249 86,229 88,803 96,681 99,567 121,693 142,857 152,559 171,051 180,297 220,363 245,421 252,747 258,687 290,043 298,701 354,497 365,079 457,677 513,153 540,891 627,187 661,089 736,263 741,221 870,129 1,063,491 1,095,237 1,539,459 1,881,561 1,983,267 2,223,663 3,190,473 3,285,711 5,644,683 5,949,801 6,670,989 8,153,431 9,571,419 16,934,049 20,012,967 24,460,293 73,380,879 and 220,142,637, with no remainder.

Since 220,142,637 cannot be divided by just 1 and 220,142,637, 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).