Q: Is 145,350,738 a Composite Number?

Why is 145,350,738 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 145,350,738 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 13 18 26 39 67 73 78 117 127 134 146 201 219 234 254 381 402 438 603 657 762 871 949 1,143 1,206 1,314 1,651 1,742 1,898 2,286 2,613 2,847 3,302 4,891 4,953 5,226 5,694 7,839 8,509 8,541 9,271 9,782 9,906 14,673 14,859 15,678 17,018 17,082 18,542 25,527 27,813 29,346 29,718 44,019 51,054 55,626 63,583 76,581 83,439 88,038 110,617 120,523 127,166 153,162 166,878 190,749 221,234 241,046 331,851 361,569 381,498 572,247 621,157 663,702 723,138 995,553 1,084,707 1,144,494 1,242,314 1,863,471 1,991,106 2,169,414 3,726,942 5,590,413 8,075,041 11,180,826 16,150,082 24,225,123 48,450,246 72,675,369 and 145,350,738, with no remainder.

Since 145,350,738 cannot be divided by just 1 and 145,350,738, 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).