Q: Is 120,520,512 a Composite Number?

Why is 120,520,512 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 120,520,512 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 16 18 21 24 28 32 36 42 48 56 63 64 71 72 84 96 112 126 142 144 168 192 213 224 252 284 288 336 421 426 448 497 504 568 576 639 672 842 852 994 1,008 1,136 1,263 1,278 1,344 1,491 1,684 1,704 1,988 2,016 2,272 2,526 2,556 2,947 2,982 3,368 3,408 3,789 3,976 4,032 4,473 4,544 5,052 5,112 5,894 5,964 6,736 6,816 7,578 7,952 8,841 8,946 10,104 10,224 11,788 11,928 13,472 13,632 15,156 15,904 17,682 17,892 20,208 20,448 23,576 23,856 26,523 26,944 29,891 30,312 31,808 35,364 35,784 40,416 40,896 47,152 47,712 53,046 59,782 60,624 70,728 71,568 80,832 89,673 94,304 95,424 106,092 119,564 121,248 141,456 143,136 179,346 188,608 209,237 212,184 239,128 242,496 269,019 282,912 286,272 358,692 418,474 424,368 478,256 538,038 565,824 627,711 717,384 836,948 848,736 956,512 1,076,076 1,255,422 1,434,768 1,673,896 1,697,472 1,883,133 1,913,024 2,152,152 2,510,844 2,869,536 3,347,792 3,766,266 4,304,304 5,021,688 5,739,072 6,695,584 7,532,532 8,608,608 10,043,376 13,391,168 15,065,064 17,217,216 20,086,752 30,130,128 40,173,504 60,260,256 and 120,520,512, with no remainder.

Since 120,520,512 cannot be divided by just 1 and 120,520,512, 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).