Q: Is 120,042,624 a Composite Number?

Why is 120,042,624 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 120,042,624 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 13 16 24 26 32 39 48 52 64 78 96 104 128 139 156 173 192 208 278 312 346 384 416 417 519 556 624 692 832 834 1,038 1,112 1,248 1,384 1,664 1,668 1,807 2,076 2,224 2,249 2,496 2,768 3,336 3,614 4,152 4,448 4,498 4,992 5,421 5,536 6,672 6,747 7,228 8,304 8,896 8,996 10,842 11,072 13,344 13,494 14,456 16,608 17,792 17,992 21,684 22,144 24,047 26,688 26,988 28,912 33,216 35,984 43,368 48,094 53,376 53,976 57,824 66,432 71,968 72,141 86,736 96,188 107,952 115,648 143,936 144,282 173,472 192,376 215,904 231,296 287,872 288,564 312,611 346,944 384,752 431,808 577,128 625,222 693,888 769,504 863,616 937,833 1,154,256 1,250,444 1,539,008 1,875,666 2,308,512 2,500,888 3,078,016 3,751,332 4,617,024 5,001,776 7,502,664 9,234,048 10,003,552 15,005,328 20,007,104 30,010,656 40,014,208 60,021,312 and 120,042,624, with no remainder.

Since 120,042,624 cannot be divided by just 1 and 120,042,624, 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).