Q: Is 137,430,832 a Composite Number?

Why is 137,430,832 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 137,430,832 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 11 14 16 22 28 44 56 77 88 112 121 154 176 242 308 484 616 847 968 1,232 1,694 1,936 3,388 6,776 10,141 13,552 20,282 40,564 70,987 81,128 111,551 141,974 162,256 223,102 283,948 446,204 567,896 780,857 892,408 1,135,792 1,227,061 1,561,714 1,784,816 2,454,122 3,123,428 4,908,244 6,246,856 8,589,427 9,816,488 12,493,712 17,178,854 19,632,976 34,357,708 68,715,416 and 137,430,832, with no remainder.

Since 137,430,832 cannot be divided by just 1 and 137,430,832, 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).