Q: Is 124,423,424 a Composite Number?

Why is 124,423,424 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 124,423,424 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 16 32 43 64 86 89 127 128 172 178 254 256 344 356 508 688 712 1,016 1,376 1,424 2,032 2,752 2,848 3,827 4,064 5,461 5,504 5,696 7,654 8,128 10,922 11,008 11,303 11,392 15,308 16,256 21,844 22,606 22,784 30,616 32,512 43,688 45,212 61,232 87,376 90,424 122,464 174,752 180,848 244,928 349,504 361,696 486,029 489,856 699,008 723,392 972,058 979,712 1,398,016 1,446,784 1,944,116 2,893,568 3,888,232 7,776,464 15,552,928 31,105,856 62,211,712 and 124,423,424, with no remainder.

Since 124,423,424 cannot be divided by just 1 and 124,423,424, 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).