Q: Is 137,511,936 a Composite Number?

Why is 137,511,936 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 137,511,936 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 32 36 43 48 64 72 86 96 128 129 144 172 192 256 258 288 344 347 384 387 512 516 576 688 694 768 774 1,024 1,032 1,041 1,152 1,376 1,388 1,536 1,548 2,064 2,082 2,304 2,752 2,776 3,072 3,096 3,123 4,128 4,164 4,608 5,504 5,552 6,192 6,246 8,256 8,328 9,216 11,008 11,104 12,384 12,492 14,921 16,512 16,656 22,016 22,208 24,768 24,984 29,842 33,024 33,312 44,032 44,416 44,763 49,536 49,968 59,684 66,048 66,624 88,832 89,526 99,072 99,936 119,368 132,096 133,248 134,289 177,664 179,052 198,144 199,872 238,736 266,496 268,578 355,328 358,104 396,288 399,744 477,472 532,992 537,156 716,208 799,488 954,944 1,065,984 1,074,312 1,432,416 1,598,976 1,909,888 2,148,624 2,864,832 3,197,952 3,819,776 4,297,248 5,729,664 7,639,552 8,594,496 11,459,328 15,279,104 17,188,992 22,918,656 34,377,984 45,837,312 68,755,968 and 137,511,936, with no remainder.

Since 137,511,936 cannot be divided by just 1 and 137,511,936, 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).