Q: Is 121,163,537 a Composite Number?

Why is 121,163,537 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 121,163,537 can be evenly divided by 1 11 29 67 319 737 1,943 5,669 21,373 62,359 164,401 379,823 1,808,411 4,178,053 11,014,867 and 121,163,537, with no remainder.

Since 121,163,537 cannot be divided by just 1 and 121,163,537, 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).