Q: Is 321,104,316 a Composite Number?

Why is 321,104,316 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 321,104,316 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 12 13 26 39 52 53 71 78 106 142 156 159 212 213 284 318 426 547 636 689 852 923 1,094 1,378 1,641 1,846 2,067 2,188 2,756 2,769 3,282 3,692 3,763 4,134 5,538 6,564 7,111 7,526 8,268 11,076 11,289 14,222 15,052 21,333 22,578 28,444 28,991 38,837 42,666 45,156 48,919 57,982 77,674 85,332 86,973 97,838 115,964 116,511 146,757 155,348 173,946 195,676 233,022 293,514 347,892 376,883 466,044 504,881 587,028 753,766 1,009,762 1,130,649 1,507,532 1,514,643 2,019,524 2,058,361 2,261,298 3,029,286 4,116,722 4,522,596 6,058,572 6,175,083 8,233,444 12,350,166 24,700,332 26,758,693 53,517,386 80,276,079 107,034,772 160,552,158 and 321,104,316, with no remainder.

Since 321,104,316 cannot be divided by just 1 and 321,104,316, 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).