Q: Is 115,122,552 a Composite Number?

Why is 115,122,552 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 115,122,552 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 24 47 94 141 188 282 376 564 1,128 102,059 204,118 306,177 408,236 612,354 816,472 1,224,708 2,449,416 4,796,773 9,593,546 14,390,319 19,187,092 28,780,638 38,374,184 57,561,276 and 115,122,552, with no remainder.

Since 115,122,552 cannot be divided by just 1 and 115,122,552, 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).