Q: Is 136,125,556 a Composite Number?

Why is 136,125,556 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 136,125,556 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 14 28 277 554 1,108 1,939 3,878 7,756 17,551 35,102 70,204 122,857 245,714 491,428 4,861,627 9,723,254 19,446,508 34,031,389 68,062,778 and 136,125,556, with no remainder.

Since 136,125,556 cannot be divided by just 1 and 136,125,556, 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).