Q: Is 120,511,512 a Composite Number?

Why is 120,511,512 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 120,511,512 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 11 12 18 22 24 33 36 44 59 66 72 88 99 118 132 177 198 236 264 354 396 472 531 649 708 792 1,062 1,298 1,416 1,947 2,124 2,579 2,596 3,894 4,248 5,158 5,192 5,841 7,737 7,788 10,316 11,682 15,474 15,576 20,632 23,211 23,364 28,369 30,948 46,422 46,728 56,738 61,896 85,107 92,844 113,476 152,161 170,214 185,688 226,952 255,321 304,322 340,428 456,483 510,642 608,644 680,856 912,966 1,021,284 1,217,288 1,369,449 1,673,771 1,825,932 2,042,568 2,738,898 3,347,542 3,651,864 5,021,313 5,477,796 6,695,084 10,042,626 10,955,592 13,390,168 15,063,939 20,085,252 30,127,878 40,170,504 60,255,756 and 120,511,512, with no remainder.

Since 120,511,512 cannot be divided by just 1 and 120,511,512, 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).