Q: Is 124,043,424 a Composite Number?

Why is 124,043,424 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 124,043,424 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 17 24 32 34 48 51 68 96 102 136 204 263 272 289 408 526 544 578 789 816 867 1,052 1,156 1,578 1,632 1,734 2,104 2,312 3,156 3,468 4,208 4,471 4,624 4,913 6,312 6,936 8,416 8,942 9,248 9,826 12,624 13,413 13,872 14,739 17,884 19,652 25,248 26,826 27,744 29,478 35,768 39,304 53,652 58,956 71,536 76,007 78,608 107,304 117,912 143,072 152,014 157,216 214,608 228,021 235,824 304,028 429,216 456,042 471,648 608,056 912,084 1,216,112 1,292,119 1,824,168 2,432,224 2,584,238 3,648,336 3,876,357 5,168,476 7,296,672 7,752,714 10,336,952 15,505,428 20,673,904 31,010,856 41,347,808 62,021,712 and 124,043,424, with no remainder.

Since 124,043,424 cannot be divided by just 1 and 124,043,424, 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).