Q: Is 120,473,472 a Composite Number?

Why is 120,473,472 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 120,473,472 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 21 24 28 32 42 48 56 64 84 96 112 128 168 192 224 336 384 448 672 896 1,344 2,688 44,819 89,638 134,457 179,276 268,914 313,733 358,552 537,828 627,466 717,104 941,199 1,075,656 1,254,932 1,434,208 1,882,398 2,151,312 2,509,864 2,868,416 3,764,796 4,302,624 5,019,728 5,736,832 7,529,592 8,605,248 10,039,456 15,059,184 17,210,496 20,078,912 30,118,368 40,157,824 60,236,736 and 120,473,472, with no remainder.

Since 120,473,472 cannot be divided by just 1 and 120,473,472, 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).