Q: Is 120,260,244 a Composite Number?

Why is 120,260,244 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 120,260,244 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 12 13 17 26 34 39 51 52 68 78 102 137 156 204 221 274 331 411 442 548 662 663 822 884 993 1,324 1,326 1,644 1,781 1,986 2,329 2,652 3,562 3,972 4,303 4,658 5,343 5,627 6,987 7,124 8,606 9,316 10,686 11,254 12,909 13,974 16,881 17,212 21,372 22,508 25,818 27,948 30,277 33,762 45,347 51,636 60,554 67,524 73,151 90,694 90,831 121,108 136,041 146,302 181,388 181,662 219,453 272,082 292,604 363,324 438,906 544,164 589,511 770,899 877,812 1,179,022 1,541,798 1,768,533 2,312,697 2,358,044 3,083,596 3,537,066 4,625,394 7,074,132 9,250,788 10,021,687 20,043,374 30,065,061 40,086,748 60,130,122 and 120,260,244, with no remainder.

Since 120,260,244 cannot be divided by just 1 and 120,260,244, 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).