Q: Is 120,131,424 a Composite Number?

Why is 120,131,424 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 120,131,424 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 16 18 21 24 27 28 32 36 42 48 54 56 63 72 81 84 96 108 112 126 144 162 168 189 216 224 243 252 288 324 336 378 432 486 504 567 648 672 756 864 972 1,008 1,134 1,296 1,512 1,701 1,944 2,016 2,207 2,268 2,592 3,024 3,402 3,888 4,414 4,536 6,048 6,621 6,804 7,776 8,828 9,072 13,242 13,608 15,449 17,656 18,144 19,863 26,484 27,216 30,898 35,312 39,726 46,347 52,968 54,432 59,589 61,796 70,624 79,452 92,694 105,936 119,178 123,592 139,041 158,904 178,767 185,388 211,872 238,356 247,184 278,082 317,808 357,534 370,776 417,123 476,712 494,368 536,301 556,164 635,616 715,068 741,552 834,246 953,424 1,072,602 1,112,328 1,251,369 1,430,136 1,483,104 1,668,492 1,906,848 2,145,204 2,224,656 2,502,738 2,860,272 3,336,984 3,754,107 4,290,408 4,449,312 5,005,476 5,720,544 6,673,968 7,508,214 8,580,816 10,010,952 13,347,936 15,016,428 17,161,632 20,021,904 30,032,856 40,043,808 60,065,712 and 120,131,424, with no remainder.

Since 120,131,424 cannot be divided by just 1 and 120,131,424, 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).