Q: Is 137,655,408 a Composite Number?

Why is 137,655,408 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 137,655,408 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 11 12 16 22 24 33 44 48 66 88 121 132 137 173 176 242 264 274 346 363 411 484 519 528 548 692 726 822 968 1,038 1,096 1,384 1,452 1,507 1,644 1,903 1,936 2,076 2,192 2,768 2,904 3,014 3,288 3,806 4,152 4,521 5,709 5,808 6,028 6,576 7,612 8,304 9,042 11,418 12,056 15,224 16,577 18,084 20,933 22,836 23,701 24,112 30,448 33,154 36,168 41,866 45,672 47,402 49,731 62,799 66,308 71,103 72,336 83,732 91,344 94,804 99,462 125,598 132,616 142,206 167,464 189,608 198,924 251,196 260,711 265,232 284,412 334,928 379,216 397,848 502,392 521,422 568,824 782,133 795,696 1,004,784 1,042,844 1,137,648 1,564,266 2,085,688 2,867,821 3,128,532 4,171,376 5,735,642 6,257,064 8,603,463 11,471,284 12,514,128 17,206,926 22,942,568 34,413,852 45,885,136 68,827,704 and 137,655,408, with no remainder.

Since 137,655,408 cannot be divided by just 1 and 137,655,408, 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).