Q: Is 137,846,709 a Composite Number?

Why is 137,846,709 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 137,846,709 can be evenly divided by 1 3 7 9 11 13 21 33 39 63 77 91 99 107 117 121 143 169 231 273 321 363 429 507 693 749 819 847 963 1,001 1,089 1,177 1,183 1,287 1,391 1,521 1,573 1,859 2,247 2,541 3,003 3,531 3,549 4,173 4,719 5,577 6,741 7,623 8,239 9,009 9,737 10,593 10,647 11,011 12,519 12,947 13,013 14,157 15,301 16,731 18,083 20,449 24,717 29,211 33,033 38,841 39,039 45,903 54,249 61,347 74,151 87,633 90,629 99,099 107,107 116,523 117,117 126,581 137,709 143,143 162,747 168,311 184,041 198,913 271,887 321,321 379,743 429,429 504,933 596,739 815,661 963,963 1,139,229 1,178,177 1,288,287 1,392,391 1,514,799 1,790,217 2,188,043 3,534,531 4,177,173 6,564,129 10,603,593 12,531,519 15,316,301 19,692,387 45,948,903 and 137,846,709, with no remainder.

Since 137,846,709 cannot be divided by just 1 and 137,846,709, 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).