Q: Is 120,756,216 a Composite Number?

Why is 120,756,216 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 120,756,216 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 21 24 28 42 56 84 168 503 1,006 1,429 1,509 2,012 2,858 3,018 3,521 4,024 4,287 5,716 6,036 7,042 8,574 10,003 10,563 11,432 12,072 14,084 17,148 20,006 21,126 28,168 30,009 34,296 40,012 42,252 60,018 80,024 84,504 120,036 240,072 718,787 1,437,574 2,156,361 2,875,148 4,312,722 5,031,509 5,750,296 8,625,444 10,063,018 15,094,527 17,250,888 20,126,036 30,189,054 40,252,072 60,378,108 and 120,756,216, with no remainder.

Since 120,756,216 cannot be divided by just 1 and 120,756,216, 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).