Q: Is 120,174,240 a Composite Number?

Why is 120,174,240 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 120,174,240 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 19 20 24 30 32 38 40 48 57 60 76 80 95 96 114 120 152 160 190 228 240 285 304 380 456 480 570 608 760 912 1,140 1,520 1,824 2,280 3,040 4,560 9,120 13,177 26,354 39,531 52,708 65,885 79,062 105,416 131,770 158,124 197,655 210,832 250,363 263,540 316,248 395,310 421,664 500,726 527,080 632,496 751,089 790,620 1,001,452 1,054,160 1,251,815 1,264,992 1,502,178 1,581,240 2,002,904 2,108,320 2,503,630 3,004,356 3,162,480 3,755,445 4,005,808 5,007,260 6,008,712 6,324,960 7,510,890 8,011,616 10,014,520 12,017,424 15,021,780 20,029,040 24,034,848 30,043,560 40,058,080 60,087,120 and 120,174,240, with no remainder.

Since 120,174,240 cannot be divided by just 1 and 120,174,240, 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).