Q: Is 100,102,002 a Composite Number?

Why is 100,102,002 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 100,102,002 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 11 13 14 21 22 26 33 39 42 49 66 77 78 91 98 143 147 154 182 231 273 286 294 429 462 539 546 637 858 1,001 1,078 1,274 1,617 1,911 2,002 2,381 3,003 3,234 3,822 4,762 6,006 7,007 7,143 14,014 14,286 16,667 21,021 26,191 30,953 33,334 42,042 50,001 52,382 61,906 78,573 92,859 100,002 116,669 157,146 183,337 185,718 216,671 233,338 340,483 350,007 366,674 433,342 550,011 650,013 680,966 700,014 1,021,449 1,100,022 1,283,359 1,300,026 1,516,697 2,042,898 2,383,381 2,566,718 3,033,394 3,850,077 4,550,091 4,766,762 7,150,143 7,700,154 9,100,182 14,300,286 16,683,667 33,367,334 50,051,001 and 100,102,002, with no remainder.

Since 100,102,002 cannot be divided by just 1 and 100,102,002, 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).