Q: Is 122,115,234 a Composite Number?

Why is 122,115,234 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 122,115,234 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 23 46 69 138 877 1,009 1,754 2,018 2,631 3,027 5,262 6,054 20,171 23,207 40,342 46,414 60,513 69,621 121,026 139,242 884,893 1,769,786 2,654,679 5,309,358 20,352,539 40,705,078 61,057,617 and 122,115,234, with no remainder.

Since 122,115,234 cannot be divided by just 1 and 122,115,234, 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).