Q: Is 120,472,176 a Composite Number?

Why is 120,472,176 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 120,472,176 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 11 12 16 22 24 33 44 48 66 83 88 132 166 176 249 264 332 498 528 664 913 996 1,328 1,826 1,992 2,739 2,749 3,652 3,984 5,478 5,498 7,304 8,247 10,956 10,996 14,608 16,494 21,912 21,992 30,239 32,988 43,824 43,984 60,478 65,976 90,717 120,956 131,952 181,434 228,167 241,912 362,868 456,334 483,824 684,501 725,736 912,668 1,369,002 1,451,472 1,825,336 2,509,837 2,738,004 3,650,672 5,019,674 5,476,008 7,529,511 10,039,348 10,952,016 15,059,022 20,078,696 30,118,044 40,157,392 60,236,088 and 120,472,176, with no remainder.

Since 120,472,176 cannot be divided by just 1 and 120,472,176, 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).