Q: Is 122,137,740 a Composite Number?

Why is 122,137,740 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 122,137,740 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 12 15 18 20 27 30 36 37 45 54 60 74 90 108 111 135 148 180 185 222 270 333 370 444 540 555 666 740 999 1,110 1,332 1,665 1,998 2,220 3,330 3,996 4,995 6,113 6,660 9,990 12,226 18,339 19,980 24,452 30,565 36,678 55,017 61,130 73,356 91,695 110,034 122,260 165,051 183,390 220,068 226,181 275,085 330,102 366,780 452,362 550,170 660,204 678,543 825,255 904,724 1,100,340 1,130,905 1,357,086 1,650,510 2,035,629 2,261,810 2,714,172 3,301,020 3,392,715 4,071,258 4,523,620 6,106,887 6,785,430 8,142,516 10,178,145 12,213,774 13,570,860 20,356,290 24,427,548 30,534,435 40,712,580 61,068,870 and 122,137,740, with no remainder.

Since 122,137,740 cannot be divided by just 1 and 122,137,740, 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).