Q: Is 18,137,056 a Composite Number?

Why is 18,137,056 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 18,137,056 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 16 28 32 43 49 56 86 98 112 172 196 224 269 301 344 392 538 602 688 784 1,076 1,204 1,376 1,568 1,883 2,107 2,152 2,408 3,766 4,214 4,304 4,816 7,532 8,428 8,608 9,632 11,567 13,181 15,064 16,856 23,134 26,362 30,128 33,712 46,268 52,724 60,256 67,424 80,969 92,536 105,448 161,938 185,072 210,896 323,876 370,144 421,792 566,783 647,752 1,133,566 1,295,504 2,267,132 2,591,008 4,534,264 9,068,528 and 18,137,056, with no remainder.

Since 18,137,056 cannot be divided by just 1 and 18,137,056, 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).