Q: Is 137,201,112 a Composite Number?

Why is 137,201,112 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 137,201,112 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 24 36 72 491 982 1,473 1,964 2,946 3,881 3,928 4,419 5,892 7,762 8,838 11,643 11,784 15,524 17,676 23,286 31,048 34,929 35,352 46,572 69,858 93,144 139,716 279,432 1,905,571 3,811,142 5,716,713 7,622,284 11,433,426 15,244,568 17,150,139 22,866,852 34,300,278 45,733,704 68,600,556 and 137,201,112, with no remainder.

Since 137,201,112 cannot be divided by just 1 and 137,201,112, 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).