Q: Is 125,232,336 a Composite Number?

Why is 125,232,336 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 125,232,336 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 17 18 24 34 36 48 51 68 72 102 136 144 153 204 272 306 408 612 816 1,224 2,448 51,157 102,314 153,471 204,628 306,942 409,256 460,413 613,884 818,512 869,669 920,826 1,227,768 1,739,338 1,841,652 2,455,536 2,609,007 3,478,676 3,683,304 5,218,014 6,957,352 7,366,608 7,827,021 10,436,028 13,914,704 15,654,042 20,872,056 31,308,084 41,744,112 62,616,168 and 125,232,336, with no remainder.

Since 125,232,336 cannot be divided by just 1 and 125,232,336, 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).