Q: Is 140,246,752 a Composite Number?

Why is 140,246,752 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 140,246,752 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 16 19 32 38 76 152 251 304 502 608 919 1,004 1,838 2,008 3,676 4,016 4,769 7,352 8,032 9,538 14,704 17,461 19,076 29,408 34,922 38,152 69,844 76,304 139,688 152,608 230,669 279,376 461,338 558,752 922,676 1,845,352 3,690,704 4,382,711 7,381,408 8,765,422 17,530,844 35,061,688 70,123,376 and 140,246,752, with no remainder.

Since 140,246,752 cannot be divided by just 1 and 140,246,752, 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).