Q: Is 120,243,222 a Composite Number?

Why is 120,243,222 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 120,243,222 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 11 18 22 29 33 43 58 66 86 87 99 129 174 198 258 261 319 387 473 487 522 638 774 946 957 974 1,247 1,419 1,461 1,914 2,494 2,838 2,871 2,922 3,741 4,257 4,383 5,357 5,742 7,482 8,514 8,766 10,714 11,223 13,717 14,123 16,071 20,941 22,446 27,434 28,246 32,142 41,151 41,882 42,369 48,213 62,823 82,302 84,738 96,426 123,453 125,646 127,107 155,353 188,469 230,351 246,906 254,214 310,706 376,938 460,702 466,059 607,289 691,053 932,118 1,214,578 1,382,106 1,398,177 1,821,867 2,073,159 2,796,354 3,643,734 4,146,318 5,465,601 6,680,179 10,931,202 13,360,358 20,040,537 40,081,074 60,121,611 and 120,243,222, with no remainder.

Since 120,243,222 cannot be divided by just 1 and 120,243,222, 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).