Q: Is 137,323,008 a Composite Number?

Why is 137,323,008 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 137,323,008 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 17 18 24 32 34 36 48 51 64 68 72 96 102 128 136 144 153 192 204 256 272 288 306 384 408 512 544 576 612 768 816 1,088 1,152 1,224 1,536 1,632 1,753 2,176 2,304 2,448 3,264 3,506 4,352 4,608 4,896 5,259 6,528 7,012 8,704 9,792 10,518 13,056 14,024 15,777 19,584 21,036 26,112 28,048 29,801 31,554 39,168 42,072 56,096 59,602 63,108 78,336 84,144 89,403 112,192 119,204 126,216 168,288 178,806 224,384 238,408 252,432 268,209 336,576 357,612 448,768 476,816 504,864 536,418 673,152 715,224 897,536 953,632 1,009,728 1,072,836 1,346,304 1,430,448 1,907,264 2,019,456 2,145,672 2,692,608 2,860,896 3,814,528 4,038,912 4,291,344 5,721,792 7,629,056 8,077,824 8,582,688 11,443,584 15,258,112 17,165,376 22,887,168 34,330,752 45,774,336 68,661,504 and 137,323,008, with no remainder.

Since 137,323,008 cannot be divided by just 1 and 137,323,008, 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).