Q: Is 120,006,744 a Composite Number?

Why is 120,006,744 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 120,006,744 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 11 12 13 22 24 26 33 39 44 52 66 73 78 88 104 132 143 146 156 219 264 286 292 312 429 438 479 572 584 803 858 876 949 958 1,144 1,437 1,606 1,716 1,752 1,898 1,916 2,409 2,847 2,874 3,212 3,432 3,796 3,832 4,818 5,269 5,694 5,748 6,227 6,424 7,592 9,636 10,439 10,538 11,388 11,496 12,454 15,807 18,681 19,272 20,878 21,076 22,776 24,908 31,317 31,614 34,967 37,362 41,756 42,152 49,816 62,634 63,228 68,497 69,934 74,724 83,512 104,901 125,268 126,456 136,994 139,868 149,448 205,491 209,802 250,536 273,988 279,736 384,637 410,982 419,604 454,571 547,976 769,274 821,964 839,208 909,142 1,153,911 1,363,713 1,538,548 1,643,928 1,818,284 2,307,822 2,727,426 3,077,096 3,636,568 4,615,644 5,000,281 5,454,852 9,231,288 10,000,562 10,909,704 15,000,843 20,001,124 30,001,686 40,002,248 60,003,372 and 120,006,744, with no remainder.

Since 120,006,744 cannot be divided by just 1 and 120,006,744, 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).