Q: Is 120,742,512 a Composite Number?

Why is 120,742,512 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 120,742,512 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 11 12 16 22 24 33 44 48 66 88 121 132 176 242 264 363 484 528 726 968 1,452 1,936 2,904 5,808 20,789 41,578 62,367 83,156 124,734 166,312 228,679 249,468 332,624 457,358 498,936 686,037 914,716 997,872 1,372,074 1,829,432 2,515,469 2,744,148 3,658,864 5,030,938 5,488,296 7,546,407 10,061,876 10,976,592 15,092,814 20,123,752 30,185,628 40,247,504 60,371,256 and 120,742,512, with no remainder.

Since 120,742,512 cannot be divided by just 1 and 120,742,512, 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).