Q: Is 138,415,248 a Composite Number?

Why is 138,415,248 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 138,415,248 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 31 36 48 62 72 93 101 124 144 186 202 248 279 303 307 372 404 496 558 606 614 744 808 909 921 1,116 1,212 1,228 1,488 1,616 1,818 1,842 2,232 2,424 2,456 2,763 3,131 3,636 3,684 4,464 4,848 4,912 5,526 6,262 7,272 7,368 9,393 9,517 11,052 12,524 14,544 14,736 18,786 19,034 22,104 25,048 28,179 28,551 31,007 37,572 38,068 44,208 50,096 56,358 57,102 62,014 75,144 76,136 85,653 93,021 112,716 114,204 124,028 150,288 152,272 171,306 186,042 225,432 228,408 248,056 279,063 342,612 372,084 450,864 456,816 496,112 558,126 685,224 744,168 961,217 1,116,252 1,370,448 1,488,336 1,922,434 2,232,504 2,883,651 3,844,868 4,465,008 5,767,302 7,689,736 8,650,953 11,534,604 15,379,472 17,301,906 23,069,208 34,603,812 46,138,416 69,207,624 and 138,415,248, with no remainder.

Since 138,415,248 cannot be divided by just 1 and 138,415,248, 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).