Q: Is 120,403,152 a Composite Number?

Why is 120,403,152 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 120,403,152 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 19 24 27 36 38 48 54 57 72 76 108 114 144 152 171 216 228 304 342 432 456 513 684 912 1,026 1,368 2,052 2,736 4,104 8,208 14,669 29,338 44,007 58,676 88,014 117,352 132,021 176,028 234,704 264,042 278,711 352,056 396,063 528,084 557,422 704,112 792,126 836,133 1,056,168 1,114,844 1,584,252 1,672,266 2,112,336 2,229,688 2,508,399 3,168,504 3,344,532 4,459,376 5,016,798 6,337,008 6,689,064 7,525,197 10,033,596 13,378,128 15,050,394 20,067,192 30,100,788 40,134,384 60,201,576 and 120,403,152, with no remainder.

Since 120,403,152 cannot be divided by just 1 and 120,403,152, 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).