Q: Is 120,234,132 a Composite Number?

Why is 120,234,132 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 120,234,132 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 17 18 27 34 36 51 54 68 81 83 102 108 153 162 166 204 249 263 306 324 332 459 498 526 612 747 789 918 996 1,052 1,377 1,411 1,494 1,578 1,836 2,241 2,367 2,754 2,822 2,988 3,156 4,233 4,471 4,482 4,734 5,508 5,644 6,723 7,101 8,466 8,942 8,964 9,468 12,699 13,413 13,446 14,202 16,932 17,884 21,303 21,829 25,398 26,826 26,892 28,404 38,097 40,239 42,606 43,658 50,796 53,652 65,487 76,194 80,478 85,212 87,316 114,291 120,717 130,974 152,388 160,956 196,461 228,582 241,434 261,948 362,151 371,093 392,922 457,164 482,868 589,383 724,302 742,186 785,844 1,113,279 1,178,766 1,448,604 1,484,372 1,768,149 2,226,558 2,357,532 3,339,837 3,536,298 4,453,116 6,679,674 7,072,596 10,019,511 13,359,348 20,039,022 30,058,533 40,078,044 60,117,066 and 120,234,132, with no remainder.

Since 120,234,132 cannot be divided by just 1 and 120,234,132, 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).