Q: Is 125,177,112 a Composite Number?

Why is 125,177,112 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 125,177,112 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 24 36 72 1,738,571 3,477,142 5,215,713 6,954,284 10,431,426 13,908,568 15,647,139 20,862,852 31,294,278 41,725,704 62,588,556 and 125,177,112, with no remainder.

Since 125,177,112 cannot be divided by just 1 and 125,177,112, 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).