Q: Is 125,660,547 a Composite Number?

Why is 125,660,547 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 125,660,547 can be evenly divided by 1 3 9 19 37 57 111 171 333 703 2,109 6,327 19,861 59,583 178,749 377,359 734,857 1,132,077 2,204,571 3,396,231 6,613,713 13,962,283 41,886,849 and 125,660,547, with no remainder.

Since 125,660,547 cannot be divided by just 1 and 125,660,547, 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).