Q: Is 124,360,740 a Composite Number?

Why is 124,360,740 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 124,360,740 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 9 10 12 14 15 18 20 21 28 30 35 36 42 45 60 63 70 84 90 105 126 140 180 210 229 252 315 420 431 458 630 687 862 916 1,145 1,260 1,293 1,374 1,603 1,724 2,061 2,155 2,290 2,586 2,748 3,017 3,206 3,435 3,879 4,122 4,310 4,580 4,809 5,172 6,034 6,412 6,465 6,870 7,758 8,015 8,244 8,620 9,051 9,618 10,305 12,068 12,930 13,740 14,427 15,085 15,516 16,030 18,102 19,236 19,395 20,610 24,045 25,860 27,153 28,854 30,170 32,060 36,204 38,790 41,220 45,255 48,090 54,306 57,708 60,340 72,135 77,580 90,510 96,180 98,699 108,612 135,765 144,270 181,020 197,398 271,530 288,540 296,097 394,796 493,495 543,060 592,194 690,893 888,291 986,990 1,184,388 1,381,786 1,480,485 1,776,582 1,973,980 2,072,679 2,763,572 2,960,970 3,454,465 3,553,164 4,145,358 4,441,455 5,921,940 6,218,037 6,908,930 8,290,716 8,882,910 10,363,395 12,436,074 13,817,860 17,765,820 20,726,790 24,872,148 31,090,185 41,453,580 62,180,370 and 124,360,740, with no remainder.

Since 124,360,740 cannot be divided by just 1 and 124,360,740, 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).