Q: Is 124,574,724 a Composite Number?

Why is 124,574,724 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 124,574,724 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 18 36 59 89 118 177 178 236 267 354 356 531 534 659 708 801 1,062 1,068 1,318 1,602 1,977 2,124 2,636 3,204 3,954 5,251 5,931 7,908 10,502 11,862 15,753 21,004 23,724 31,506 38,881 47,259 58,651 63,012 77,762 94,518 116,643 117,302 155,524 175,953 189,036 233,286 234,604 349,929 351,906 466,572 527,859 699,858 703,812 1,055,718 1,399,716 2,111,436 3,460,409 6,920,818 10,381,227 13,841,636 20,762,454 31,143,681 41,524,908 62,287,362 and 124,574,724, with no remainder.

Since 124,574,724 cannot be divided by just 1 and 124,574,724, 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).