Q: Is 122,201,298 a Composite Number?

Why is 122,201,298 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 122,201,298 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 18 27 54 81 162 243 486 251,443 502,886 754,329 1,508,658 2,262,987 4,525,974 6,788,961 13,577,922 20,366,883 40,733,766 61,100,649 and 122,201,298, with no remainder.

Since 122,201,298 cannot be divided by just 1 and 122,201,298, 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).