Q: Is 122,036,472 a Composite Number?

Why is 122,036,472 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 122,036,472 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 17 18 24 34 36 51 68 72 102 136 153 179 204 306 358 408 537 557 612 716 1,074 1,114 1,224 1,432 1,611 1,671 2,148 2,228 3,043 3,222 3,342 4,296 4,456 5,013 6,086 6,444 6,684 9,129 9,469 10,026 12,172 12,888 13,368 18,258 18,938 20,052 24,344 27,387 28,407 36,516 37,876 40,104 54,774 56,814 73,032 75,752 85,221 99,703 109,548 113,628 170,442 199,406 219,096 227,256 299,109 340,884 398,812 598,218 681,768 797,624 897,327 1,196,436 1,694,951 1,794,654 2,392,872 3,389,902 3,589,308 5,084,853 6,779,804 7,178,616 10,169,706 13,559,608 15,254,559 20,339,412 30,509,118 40,678,824 61,018,236 and 122,036,472, with no remainder.

Since 122,036,472 cannot be divided by just 1 and 122,036,472, 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).