Q: Is 124,423,299 a Composite Number?

Why is 124,423,299 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 124,423,299 can be evenly divided by 1 3 7 9 11 13 21 33 39 49 63 77 91 99 117 143 147 231 273 429 441 539 637 693 819 1,001 1,287 1,617 1,911 1,973 3,003 4,851 5,733 5,919 7,007 9,009 13,811 17,757 21,021 21,703 25,649 41,433 63,063 65,109 76,947 96,677 124,299 151,921 179,543 195,327 230,841 282,139 290,031 455,763 538,629 846,417 870,093 1,063,447 1,256,801 1,367,289 1,615,887 1,974,973 2,539,251 3,190,341 3,770,403 5,924,919 9,571,023 11,311,209 13,824,811 17,774,757 41,474,433 and 124,423,299, with no remainder.

Since 124,423,299 cannot be divided by just 1 and 124,423,299, 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).