Q: Is 121,707,726 a Composite Number?

Why is 121,707,726 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 121,707,726 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 14 17 21 34 37 42 51 74 102 111 119 222 238 259 271 289 357 518 542 578 629 714 777 813 867 1,258 1,554 1,626 1,734 1,887 1,897 2,023 3,774 3,794 4,046 4,403 4,607 5,691 6,069 8,806 9,214 10,027 10,693 11,382 12,138 13,209 13,821 20,054 21,386 26,418 27,642 30,081 32,079 32,249 60,162 64,158 64,498 70,189 74,851 78,319 96,747 140,378 149,702 156,638 170,459 193,494 210,567 224,553 234,957 340,918 421,134 449,106 469,914 511,377 548,233 1,022,754 1,096,466 1,193,213 1,644,699 2,386,426 2,897,803 3,289,398 3,579,639 5,795,606 7,159,278 8,693,409 17,386,818 20,284,621 40,569,242 60,853,863 and 121,707,726, with no remainder.

Since 121,707,726 cannot be divided by just 1 and 121,707,726, 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).