Q: Is 454,135,134 a Composite Number?

Why is 454,135,134 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 454,135,134 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 79 158 237 337 474 674 1,011 2,022 2,843 5,686 8,529 17,058 26,623 53,246 79,869 159,738 224,597 449,194 673,791 958,091 1,347,582 1,916,182 2,874,273 5,748,546 75,689,189 151,378,378 227,067,567 and 454,135,134, with no remainder.

Since 454,135,134 cannot be divided by just 1 and 454,135,134, 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).