Q: Is 122,119,998 a Composite Number?

Why is 122,119,998 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 122,119,998 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 11 13 14 21 22 26 33 39 42 66 77 78 91 143 154 182 231 273 286 429 462 546 858 1,001 2,002 3,003 6,006 20,333 40,666 60,999 121,998 142,331 223,663 264,329 284,662 426,993 447,326 528,658 670,989 792,987 853,986 1,341,978 1,565,641 1,585,974 1,850,303 2,907,619 3,131,282 3,700,606 4,696,923 5,550,909 5,815,238 8,722,857 9,393,846 11,101,818 17,445,714 20,353,333 40,706,666 61,059,999 and 122,119,998, with no remainder.

Since 122,119,998 cannot be divided by just 1 and 122,119,998, 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).