Q: Is 137,183,704 a Composite Number?

Why is 137,183,704 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 137,183,704 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 28 41 56 82 149 164 287 298 328 401 574 596 802 1,043 1,148 1,192 1,604 2,086 2,296 2,807 3,208 4,172 5,614 6,109 8,344 11,228 12,218 16,441 22,456 24,436 32,882 42,763 48,872 59,749 65,764 85,526 115,087 119,498 131,528 171,052 230,174 238,996 342,104 418,243 460,348 477,992 836,486 920,696 1,672,972 2,449,709 3,345,944 4,899,418 9,798,836 17,147,963 19,597,672 34,295,926 68,591,852 and 137,183,704, with no remainder.

Since 137,183,704 cannot be divided by just 1 and 137,183,704, 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).