Q: Is 120,742,500 a Composite Number?

Why is 120,742,500 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 120,742,500 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 10 12 15 17 20 25 30 34 50 51 60 68 75 85 100 102 125 150 170 204 250 255 300 340 375 425 500 510 625 750 850 947 1,020 1,250 1,275 1,500 1,700 1,875 1,894 2,125 2,500 2,550 2,841 3,750 3,788 4,250 4,735 5,100 5,682 6,375 7,500 8,500 9,470 10,625 11,364 12,750 14,205 16,099 18,940 21,250 23,675 25,500 28,410 31,875 32,198 42,500 47,350 48,297 56,820 63,750 64,396 71,025 80,495 94,700 96,594 118,375 127,500 142,050 160,990 193,188 236,750 241,485 284,100 321,980 355,125 402,475 473,500 482,970 591,875 710,250 804,950 965,940 1,183,750 1,207,425 1,420,500 1,609,900 1,775,625 2,012,375 2,367,500 2,414,850 3,551,250 4,024,750 4,829,700 6,037,125 7,102,500 8,049,500 10,061,875 12,074,250 20,123,750 24,148,500 30,185,625 40,247,500 60,371,250 and 120,742,500, with no remainder.

Since 120,742,500 cannot be divided by just 1 and 120,742,500, 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).