Q: Is 137,432,472 a Composite Number?

Why is 137,432,472 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 137,432,472 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 19 24 38 43 57 76 86 114 129 152 163 172 228 258 326 344 456 489 516 652 817 978 1,032 1,304 1,634 1,849 1,956 2,451 3,097 3,268 3,698 3,912 4,902 5,547 6,194 6,536 7,009 7,396 9,291 9,804 11,094 12,388 14,018 14,792 18,582 19,608 21,027 22,188 24,776 28,036 35,131 37,164 42,054 44,376 56,072 70,262 74,328 84,108 105,393 133,171 140,524 168,216 210,786 266,342 281,048 301,387 399,513 421,572 532,684 602,774 799,026 843,144 904,161 1,065,368 1,205,548 1,598,052 1,808,322 2,411,096 3,196,104 3,616,644 5,726,353 7,233,288 11,452,706 17,179,059 22,905,412 34,358,118 45,810,824 68,716,236 and 137,432,472, with no remainder.

Since 137,432,472 cannot be divided by just 1 and 137,432,472, 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).