Q: Is 124,737,704 a Composite Number?

Why is 124,737,704 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 124,737,704 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 13 14 17 26 28 34 52 56 68 91 104 119 136 182 221 238 364 442 476 728 884 952 1,547 1,768 3,094 6,188 10,079 12,376 20,158 40,316 70,553 80,632 131,027 141,106 171,343 262,054 282,212 342,686 524,108 564,424 685,372 917,189 1,048,216 1,199,401 1,370,744 1,834,378 2,227,459 2,398,802 3,668,756 4,454,918 4,797,604 7,337,512 8,909,836 9,595,208 15,592,213 17,819,672 31,184,426 62,368,852 and 124,737,704, with no remainder.

Since 124,737,704 cannot be divided by just 1 and 124,737,704, 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).