Q: Is 121,176 a Composite Number?

Why is 121,176 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 121,176 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 11 12 17 18 22 24 27 33 34 36 44 51 54 66 68 72 81 88 99 102 108 132 136 153 162 187 198 204 216 264 297 306 324 374 396 408 459 561 594 612 648 748 792 891 918 1,122 1,188 1,224 1,377 1,496 1,683 1,782 1,836 2,244 2,376 2,754 3,366 3,564 3,672 4,488 5,049 5,508 6,732 7,128 10,098 11,016 13,464 15,147 20,196 30,294 40,392 60,588 and 121,176, with no remainder.

Since 121,176 cannot be divided by just 1 and 121,176, 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).