Q: Is 118,080 a Composite Number?

Why is 118,080 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 118,080 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 12 15 16 18 20 24 30 32 36 40 41 45 48 60 64 72 80 82 90 96 120 123 144 160 164 180 192 205 240 246 288 320 328 360 369 410 480 492 576 615 656 720 738 820 960 984 1,230 1,312 1,440 1,476 1,640 1,845 1,968 2,460 2,624 2,880 2,952 3,280 3,690 3,936 4,920 5,904 6,560 7,380 7,872 9,840 11,808 13,120 14,760 19,680 23,616 29,520 39,360 59,040 and 118,080, with no remainder.

Since 118,080 cannot be divided by just 1 and 118,080, 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).