Q: Is 120,552,462 a Composite Number?

Why is 120,552,462 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 120,552,462 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 18 27 47 54 71 81 94 141 142 162 213 223 282 423 426 446 639 669 846 1,269 1,278 1,338 1,917 2,007 2,538 3,337 3,807 3,834 4,014 5,751 6,021 6,674 7,614 10,011 10,481 11,502 12,042 15,833 18,063 20,022 20,962 30,033 31,443 31,666 36,126 47,499 60,066 62,886 90,099 94,329 94,998 142,497 180,198 188,658 270,297 282,987 284,994 427,491 540,594 565,974 744,151 848,961 854,982 1,282,473 1,488,302 1,697,922 2,232,453 2,564,946 4,464,906 6,697,359 13,394,718 20,092,077 40,184,154 60,276,231 and 120,552,462, with no remainder.

Since 120,552,462 cannot be divided by just 1 and 120,552,462, 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).