Q: Is 124,471,152 a Composite Number?

Why is 124,471,152 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 124,471,152 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 13 16 18 24 26 36 39 48 52 72 78 104 117 144 156 208 234 312 468 624 936 1,872 66,491 132,982 199,473 265,964 398,946 531,928 598,419 797,892 864,383 1,063,856 1,196,838 1,595,784 1,728,766 2,393,676 2,593,149 3,191,568 3,457,532 4,787,352 5,186,298 6,915,064 7,779,447 9,574,704 10,372,596 13,830,128 15,558,894 20,745,192 31,117,788 41,490,384 62,235,576 and 124,471,152, with no remainder.

Since 124,471,152 cannot be divided by just 1 and 124,471,152, 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).