Q: Is 121,121,216 a Composite Number?

Why is 121,121,216 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 121,121,216 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 16 31 32 41 62 64 82 124 164 248 328 496 656 992 1,271 1,312 1,489 1,984 2,542 2,624 2,978 5,084 5,956 10,168 11,912 20,336 23,824 40,672 46,159 47,648 61,049 81,344 92,318 95,296 122,098 184,636 244,196 369,272 488,392 738,544 976,784 1,477,088 1,892,519 1,953,568 2,954,176 3,785,038 3,907,136 7,570,076 15,140,152 30,280,304 60,560,608 and 121,121,216, with no remainder.

Since 121,121,216 cannot be divided by just 1 and 121,121,216, 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).