Q: Is 121,377,456 a Composite Number?

Why is 121,377,456 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 121,377,456 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 36 48 72 127 144 254 381 508 762 1,016 1,143 1,524 2,032 2,286 3,048 4,572 6,096 6,637 9,144 13,274 18,288 19,911 26,548 39,822 53,096 59,733 79,644 106,192 119,466 159,288 238,932 318,576 477,864 842,899 955,728 1,685,798 2,528,697 3,371,596 5,057,394 6,743,192 7,586,091 10,114,788 13,486,384 15,172,182 20,229,576 30,344,364 40,459,152 60,688,728 and 121,377,456, with no remainder.

Since 121,377,456 cannot be divided by just 1 and 121,377,456, 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).