Q: Is 137,382,036 a Composite Number?

Why is 137,382,036 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 137,382,036 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 11 12 22 23 33 37 44 46 66 69 74 92 111 132 138 148 222 253 276 407 444 506 759 814 851 1,012 1,221 1,223 1,518 1,628 1,702 2,442 2,446 2,553 3,036 3,404 3,669 4,884 4,892 5,106 7,338 9,361 10,212 13,453 14,676 18,722 26,906 28,083 28,129 37,444 40,359 45,251 53,812 56,166 56,258 80,718 84,387 90,502 112,332 112,516 135,753 161,436 168,774 181,004 271,506 309,419 337,548 497,761 543,012 618,838 928,257 995,522 1,040,773 1,237,676 1,493,283 1,856,514 1,991,044 2,081,546 2,986,566 3,122,319 3,713,028 4,163,092 5,973,132 6,244,638 11,448,503 12,489,276 22,897,006 34,345,509 45,794,012 68,691,018 and 137,382,036, with no remainder.

Since 137,382,036 cannot be divided by just 1 and 137,382,036, 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).