Q: Is 124,136,520 a Composite Number?

Why is 124,136,520 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 124,136,520 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 20 23 24 30 40 41 46 60 69 82 92 115 120 123 138 164 184 205 230 246 276 328 345 410 460 492 552 615 690 820 920 943 984 1,097 1,230 1,380 1,640 1,886 2,194 2,460 2,760 2,829 3,291 3,772 4,388 4,715 4,920 5,485 5,658 6,582 7,544 8,776 9,430 10,970 11,316 13,164 14,145 16,455 18,860 21,940 22,632 25,231 26,328 28,290 32,910 37,720 43,880 44,977 50,462 56,580 65,820 75,693 89,954 100,924 113,160 126,155 131,640 134,931 151,386 179,908 201,848 224,885 252,310 269,862 302,772 359,816 378,465 449,770 504,620 539,724 605,544 674,655 756,930 899,540 1,009,240 1,034,471 1,079,448 1,349,310 1,513,860 1,799,080 2,068,942 2,698,620 3,027,720 3,103,413 4,137,884 5,172,355 5,397,240 6,206,826 8,275,768 10,344,710 12,413,652 15,517,065 20,689,420 24,827,304 31,034,130 41,378,840 62,068,260 and 124,136,520, with no remainder.

Since 124,136,520 cannot be divided by just 1 and 124,136,520, 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).