Q: Is 131,708,538 a Composite Number?

Why is 131,708,538 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 131,708,538 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 13 18 26 27 39 54 78 117 234 351 373 503 702 746 1,006 1,119 1,509 2,238 3,018 3,357 4,527 4,849 6,539 6,714 9,054 9,698 10,071 13,078 13,581 14,547 19,617 20,142 27,162 29,094 39,234 43,641 58,851 87,282 117,702 130,923 176,553 187,619 261,846 353,106 375,238 562,857 1,125,714 1,688,571 2,439,047 3,377,142 4,878,094 5,065,713 7,317,141 10,131,426 14,634,282 21,951,423 43,902,846 65,854,269 and 131,708,538, with no remainder.

Since 131,708,538 cannot be divided by just 1 and 131,708,538, 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).