Q: Is 120,261,141 a Composite Number?

Why is 120,261,141 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 120,261,141 can be evenly divided by 1 3 7 9 11 13 21 33 39 49 63 77 91 99 117 143 147 231 273 429 441 539 637 693 819 1,001 1,287 1,617 1,907 1,911 3,003 4,851 5,721 5,733 7,007 9,009 13,349 17,163 20,977 21,021 24,791 40,047 62,931 63,063 74,373 93,443 120,141 146,839 173,537 188,793 223,119 272,701 280,329 440,517 520,611 818,103 840,987 1,027,873 1,214,759 1,321,551 1,561,833 1,908,907 2,454,309 3,083,619 3,644,277 5,726,721 9,250,857 10,932,831 13,362,349 17,180,163 40,087,047 and 120,261,141, with no remainder.

Since 120,261,141 cannot be divided by just 1 and 120,261,141, 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).