Q: Is 120,132,324 a Composite Number?

Why is 120,132,324 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 120,132,324 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 13 18 26 36 39 52 78 107 117 156 214 234 321 428 468 642 963 1,284 1,391 1,926 2,399 2,782 3,852 4,173 4,798 5,564 7,197 8,346 9,596 12,519 14,394 16,692 21,591 25,038 28,788 31,187 43,182 50,076 62,374 86,364 93,561 124,748 187,122 256,693 280,683 374,244 513,386 561,366 770,079 1,026,772 1,122,732 1,540,158 2,310,237 3,080,316 3,337,009 4,620,474 6,674,018 9,240,948 10,011,027 13,348,036 20,022,054 30,033,081 40,044,108 60,066,162 and 120,132,324, with no remainder.

Since 120,132,324 cannot be divided by just 1 and 120,132,324, 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).