Q: Is 137,526,732 a Composite Number?

Why is 137,526,732 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 137,526,732 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 9 12 14 18 21 28 36 42 49 53 63 84 98 106 126 147 159 196 212 252 294 318 371 441 477 588 636 742 882 954 1,113 1,471 1,484 1,764 1,908 2,226 2,597 2,942 3,339 4,413 4,452 5,194 5,884 6,678 7,791 8,826 10,297 10,388 13,239 13,356 15,582 17,652 20,594 23,373 26,478 30,891 31,164 41,188 46,746 52,956 61,782 72,079 77,963 92,673 93,492 123,564 144,158 155,926 185,346 216,237 233,889 288,316 311,852 370,692 432,474 467,778 545,741 648,711 701,667 864,948 935,556 1,091,482 1,297,422 1,403,334 1,637,223 2,182,964 2,594,844 2,806,668 3,274,446 3,820,187 4,911,669 6,548,892 7,640,374 9,823,338 11,460,561 15,280,748 19,646,676 22,921,122 34,381,683 45,842,244 68,763,366 and 137,526,732, with no remainder.

Since 137,526,732 cannot be divided by just 1 and 137,526,732, 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).