Q: Is 118,562,752 a Composite Number?

Why is 118,562,752 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 118,562,752 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 11 14 16 22 28 32 44 49 56 64 77 88 98 112 154 176 196 224 308 343 352 392 448 491 539 616 686 704 784 982 1,078 1,232 1,372 1,568 1,964 2,156 2,464 2,744 3,136 3,437 3,773 3,928 4,312 4,928 5,401 5,488 6,874 7,546 7,856 8,624 10,802 10,976 13,748 15,092 15,712 17,248 21,604 21,952 24,059 27,496 30,184 31,424 34,496 37,807 43,208 48,118 54,992 60,368 75,614 86,416 96,236 109,984 120,736 151,228 168,413 172,832 192,472 219,968 241,472 264,649 302,456 336,826 345,664 384,944 529,298 604,912 673,652 769,888 1,058,596 1,209,824 1,347,304 1,539,776 1,852,543 2,117,192 2,419,648 2,694,608 3,705,086 4,234,384 5,389,216 7,410,172 8,468,768 10,778,432 14,820,344 16,937,536 29,640,688 59,281,376 and 118,562,752, with no remainder.

Since 118,562,752 cannot be divided by just 1 and 118,562,752, 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).