Q: Is 126,106,008 a Composite Number?

Why is 126,106,008 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 126,106,008 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 21 24 28 42 49 56 84 98 147 168 196 294 343 392 588 686 1,029 1,176 1,372 2,058 2,744 4,116 8,232 15,319 30,638 45,957 61,276 91,914 107,233 122,552 183,828 214,466 321,699 367,656 428,932 643,398 750,631 857,864 1,286,796 1,501,262 2,251,893 2,573,592 3,002,524 4,503,786 5,254,417 6,005,048 9,007,572 10,508,834 15,763,251 18,015,144 21,017,668 31,526,502 42,035,336 63,053,004 and 126,106,008, with no remainder.

Since 126,106,008 cannot be divided by just 1 and 126,106,008, 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).