Q: Is 71,316,128 a Composite Number?

Why is 71,316,128 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 71,316,128 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 13 16 26 32 52 104 208 251 416 502 683 1,004 1,366 2,008 2,732 3,263 4,016 5,464 6,526 8,032 8,879 10,928 13,052 17,758 21,856 26,104 35,516 52,208 71,032 104,416 142,064 171,433 284,128 342,866 685,732 1,371,464 2,228,629 2,742,928 4,457,258 5,485,856 8,914,516 17,829,032 35,658,064 and 71,316,128, with no remainder.

Since 71,316,128 cannot be divided by just 1 and 71,316,128, 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).