Q: Is 138,311,532 a Composite Number?

Why is 138,311,532 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 138,311,532 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 18 36 41 82 83 123 164 166 246 249 332 369 492 498 738 747 996 1,129 1,476 1,494 2,258 2,988 3,387 3,403 4,516 6,774 6,806 10,161 10,209 13,548 13,612 20,322 20,418 30,627 40,644 40,836 46,289 61,254 92,578 93,707 122,508 138,867 185,156 187,414 277,734 281,121 374,828 416,601 555,468 562,242 833,202 843,363 1,124,484 1,666,404 1,686,726 3,373,452 3,841,987 7,683,974 11,525,961 15,367,948 23,051,922 34,577,883 46,103,844 69,155,766 and 138,311,532, with no remainder.

Since 138,311,532 cannot be divided by just 1 and 138,311,532, 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).