Q: Is 118,686,078 a Composite Number?

Why is 118,686,078 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 118,686,078 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 9 14 17 18 21 34 42 51 63 67 102 119 126 134 153 201 238 306 357 402 469 603 714 827 938 1,071 1,139 1,206 1,407 1,654 2,142 2,278 2,481 2,814 3,417 4,221 4,962 5,789 6,834 7,443 7,973 8,442 10,251 11,578 14,059 14,886 15,946 17,367 20,502 23,919 28,118 34,734 42,177 47,838 52,101 55,409 71,757 84,354 98,413 104,202 110,818 126,531 143,514 166,227 196,826 253,062 295,239 332,454 387,863 498,681 590,478 775,726 885,717 941,953 997,362 1,163,589 1,771,434 1,883,906 2,327,178 2,825,859 3,490,767 5,651,718 6,593,671 6,981,534 8,477,577 13,187,342 16,955,154 19,781,013 39,562,026 59,343,039 and 118,686,078, with no remainder.

Since 118,686,078 cannot be divided by just 1 and 118,686,078, 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).