Q: Is 138,036,288 a Composite Number?

Why is 138,036,288 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 138,036,288 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 13 16 24 26 29 32 39 48 52 58 64 78 87 96 104 116 156 174 192 208 232 312 348 377 416 464 624 696 754 832 928 1,131 1,248 1,392 1,508 1,856 1,907 2,262 2,496 2,784 3,016 3,814 4,524 5,568 5,721 6,032 7,628 9,048 11,442 12,064 15,256 18,096 22,884 24,128 24,791 30,512 36,192 45,768 49,582 55,303 61,024 72,384 74,373 91,536 99,164 110,606 122,048 148,746 165,909 183,072 198,328 221,212 297,492 331,818 366,144 396,656 442,424 594,984 663,636 718,939 793,312 884,848 1,189,968 1,327,272 1,437,878 1,586,624 1,769,696 2,156,817 2,379,936 2,654,544 2,875,756 3,539,392 4,313,634 4,759,872 5,309,088 5,751,512 8,627,268 10,618,176 11,503,024 17,254,536 23,006,048 34,509,072 46,012,096 69,018,144 and 138,036,288, with no remainder.

Since 138,036,288 cannot be divided by just 1 and 138,036,288, 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).