Q: Is 120,177,216 a Composite Number?

Why is 120,177,216 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 120,177,216 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 17 18 24 27 32 34 36 48 51 54 64 68 72 96 102 108 136 144 153 192 204 216 272 288 306 408 432 459 544 576 612 816 864 918 1,088 1,224 1,632 1,728 1,836 2,448 3,264 3,672 4,091 4,896 7,344 8,182 9,792 12,273 14,688 16,364 24,546 29,376 32,728 36,819 49,092 65,456 69,547 73,638 98,184 110,457 130,912 139,094 147,276 196,368 208,641 220,914 261,824 278,188 294,552 392,736 417,282 441,828 556,376 589,104 625,923 785,472 834,564 883,656 1,112,752 1,178,208 1,251,846 1,669,128 1,767,312 1,877,769 2,225,504 2,356,416 2,503,692 3,338,256 3,534,624 3,755,538 4,451,008 5,007,384 6,676,512 7,069,248 7,511,076 10,014,768 13,353,024 15,022,152 20,029,536 30,044,304 40,059,072 60,088,608 and 120,177,216, with no remainder.

Since 120,177,216 cannot be divided by just 1 and 120,177,216, 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).