Q: Is 120,121,677 a Composite Number?

Why is 120,121,677 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 120,121,677 can be evenly divided by 1 3 9 13 17 27 39 41 51 117 123 153 221 351 369 459 491 533 663 697 1,107 1,473 1,599 1,989 2,091 4,419 4,797 5,967 6,273 6,383 8,347 9,061 13,257 14,391 18,819 19,149 20,131 25,041 27,183 57,447 60,393 75,123 81,549 108,511 172,341 181,179 225,369 244,647 261,703 325,533 342,227 543,537 785,109 976,599 1,026,681 2,355,327 2,929,797 3,080,043 4,448,951 7,065,981 9,240,129 13,346,853 40,040,559 and 120,121,677, with no remainder.

Since 120,121,677 cannot be divided by just 1 and 120,121,677, 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).