Q: Is 131,273,136 a Composite Number?

Why is 131,273,136 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 131,273,136 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 27 36 48 54 72 81 108 144 162 199 216 324 398 432 509 597 648 796 1,018 1,194 1,296 1,527 1,592 1,791 2,036 2,388 3,054 3,184 3,582 4,072 4,581 4,776 5,373 6,108 7,164 8,144 9,162 9,552 10,746 12,216 13,743 14,328 16,119 18,324 21,492 24,432 27,486 28,656 32,238 36,648 41,229 42,984 54,972 64,476 73,296 82,458 85,968 101,291 109,944 128,952 164,916 202,582 219,888 257,904 303,873 329,832 405,164 607,746 659,664 810,328 911,619 1,215,492 1,620,656 1,823,238 2,430,984 2,734,857 3,646,476 4,861,968 5,469,714 7,292,952 8,204,571 10,939,428 14,585,904 16,409,142 21,878,856 32,818,284 43,757,712 65,636,568 and 131,273,136, with no remainder.

Since 131,273,136 cannot be divided by just 1 and 131,273,136, 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).