Q: Is 313,131,042 a Composite Number?

Why is 313,131,042 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 313,131,042 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 9 14 18 21 27 42 54 63 126 189 378 821 1,009 1,642 2,018 2,463 3,027 4,926 5,747 6,054 7,063 7,389 9,081 11,494 14,126 14,778 17,241 18,162 21,189 22,167 27,243 34,482 42,378 44,334 51,723 54,486 63,567 103,446 127,134 155,169 190,701 310,338 381,402 828,389 1,656,778 2,485,167 4,970,334 5,798,723 7,455,501 11,597,446 14,911,002 17,396,169 22,366,503 34,792,338 44,733,006 52,188,507 104,377,014 156,565,521 and 313,131,042, with no remainder.

Since 313,131,042 cannot be divided by just 1 and 313,131,042, 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).