Q: Is 120,266,832 a Composite Number?

Why is 120,266,832 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 120,266,832 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 21 24 28 42 48 56 84 112 168 173 336 346 519 692 1,038 1,211 1,384 2,069 2,076 2,422 2,768 3,633 4,138 4,152 4,844 6,207 7,266 8,276 8,304 9,688 12,414 14,483 14,532 16,552 19,376 24,828 28,966 29,064 33,104 43,449 49,656 57,932 58,128 86,898 99,312 115,864 173,796 231,728 347,592 357,937 695,184 715,874 1,073,811 1,431,748 2,147,622 2,505,559 2,863,496 4,295,244 5,011,118 5,726,992 7,516,677 8,590,488 10,022,236 15,033,354 17,180,976 20,044,472 30,066,708 40,088,944 60,133,416 and 120,266,832, with no remainder.

Since 120,266,832 cannot be divided by just 1 and 120,266,832, 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).