Q: Is 118,426,860 a Composite Number?

Why is 118,426,860 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 118,426,860 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 12 15 18 20 27 30 36 41 45 54 60 81 82 90 108 123 135 162 164 180 205 246 270 324 369 405 410 492 540 615 738 810 820 1,107 1,230 1,476 1,620 1,783 1,845 2,214 2,460 3,321 3,566 3,690 4,428 5,349 5,535 6,642 7,132 7,380 8,915 10,698 11,070 13,284 16,047 16,605 17,830 21,396 22,140 26,745 32,094 33,210 35,660 48,141 53,490 64,188 66,420 73,103 80,235 96,282 106,980 144,423 146,206 160,470 192,564 219,309 240,705 288,846 292,412 320,940 365,515 438,618 481,410 577,692 657,927 722,115 731,030 877,236 962,820 1,096,545 1,315,854 1,444,230 1,462,060 1,973,781 2,193,090 2,631,708 2,888,460 3,289,635 3,947,562 4,386,180 5,921,343 6,579,270 7,895,124 9,868,905 11,842,686 13,158,540 19,737,810 23,685,372 29,606,715 39,475,620 59,213,430 and 118,426,860, with no remainder.

Since 118,426,860 cannot be divided by just 1 and 118,426,860, 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).