Q: Is 321,102,132 a Composite Number?

Why is 321,102,132 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 321,102,132 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 12 13 26 37 39 52 74 78 111 148 156 222 444 481 962 1,443 1,924 2,886 5,772 55,631 111,262 166,893 222,524 333,786 667,572 723,203 1,446,406 2,058,347 2,169,609 2,892,812 4,116,694 4,339,218 6,175,041 8,233,388 8,678,436 12,350,082 24,700,164 26,758,511 53,517,022 80,275,533 107,034,044 160,551,066 and 321,102,132, with no remainder.

Since 321,102,132 cannot be divided by just 1 and 321,102,132, 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).