Q: Is 138,460,308 a Composite Number?

Why is 138,460,308 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 138,460,308 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 12 14 17 21 28 34 42 47 51 68 84 94 102 119 141 188 204 238 282 329 357 476 564 658 714 799 987 1,316 1,428 1,598 1,974 2,063 2,397 3,196 3,948 4,126 4,794 5,593 6,189 8,252 9,588 11,186 12,378 14,441 16,779 22,372 24,756 28,882 33,558 35,071 43,323 57,764 67,116 70,142 86,646 96,961 105,213 140,284 173,292 193,922 210,426 245,497 290,883 387,844 420,852 490,994 581,766 678,727 736,491 981,988 1,163,532 1,357,454 1,472,982 1,648,337 2,036,181 2,714,908 2,945,964 3,296,674 4,072,362 4,945,011 6,593,348 8,144,724 9,890,022 11,538,359 19,780,044 23,076,718 34,615,077 46,153,436 69,230,154 and 138,460,308, with no remainder.

Since 138,460,308 cannot be divided by just 1 and 138,460,308, 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).