Q: Is 120,716,218 a Composite Number?

Why is 120,716,218 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 120,716,218 can be evenly divided by 1 2 7 14 17 34 41 82 89 119 139 178 238 278 287 574 623 697 973 1,246 1,394 1,513 1,946 2,363 3,026 3,649 4,726 4,879 5,699 7,298 9,758 10,591 11,398 12,371 16,541 21,182 24,742 25,543 33,082 39,893 51,086 62,033 79,786 86,597 96,883 124,066 173,194 193,766 210,307 420,614 434,231 507,211 678,181 868,462 1,014,422 1,356,362 1,472,149 2,944,298 3,550,477 7,100,954 8,622,587 17,245,174 60,358,109 and 120,716,218, with no remainder.

Since 120,716,218 cannot be divided by just 1 and 120,716,218, 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).