Q: Is 125,624,124 a Composite Number?

Why is 125,624,124 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 125,624,124 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 18 19 36 38 57 76 114 171 228 342 684 183,661 367,322 550,983 734,644 1,101,966 1,652,949 2,203,932 3,305,898 3,489,559 6,611,796 6,979,118 10,468,677 13,958,236 20,937,354 31,406,031 41,874,708 62,812,062 and 125,624,124, with no remainder.

Since 125,624,124 cannot be divided by just 1 and 125,624,124, 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).