Q: Is 125,257,116 a Composite Number?

Why is 125,257,116 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 125,257,116 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 12 311 622 933 1,244 1,866 3,732 33,563 67,126 100,689 134,252 201,378 402,756 10,438,093 20,876,186 31,314,279 41,752,372 62,628,558 and 125,257,116, with no remainder.

Since 125,257,116 cannot be divided by just 1 and 125,257,116, 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).