Q: Is 138,018,582 a Composite Number?

Why is 138,018,582 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 138,018,582 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 13 18 26 39 59 78 117 118 169 177 234 338 354 507 531 767 769 1,014 1,062 1,521 1,534 1,538 2,301 2,307 3,042 4,602 4,614 6,903 6,921 9,971 9,997 13,806 13,842 19,942 19,994 29,913 29,991 45,371 59,826 59,982 89,739 89,973 90,742 129,961 136,113 179,478 179,946 259,922 272,226 389,883 408,339 589,823 779,766 816,678 1,169,649 1,179,646 1,769,469 2,339,298 3,538,938 5,308,407 7,667,699 10,616,814 15,335,398 23,003,097 46,006,194 69,009,291 and 138,018,582, with no remainder.

Since 138,018,582 cannot be divided by just 1 and 138,018,582, 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).