Q: Is 122,121,126 a Composite Number?

Why is 122,121,126 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 122,121,126 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 18 103 199 206 309 331 398 597 618 662 927 993 1,194 1,791 1,854 1,986 2,979 3,582 5,958 20,497 34,093 40,994 61,491 65,869 68,186 102,279 122,982 131,738 184,473 197,607 204,558 306,837 368,946 395,214 592,821 613,674 1,185,642 6,784,507 13,569,014 20,353,521 40,707,042 61,060,563 and 122,121,126, with no remainder.

Since 122,121,126 cannot be divided by just 1 and 122,121,126, 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).