Q: Is 126,842,436 a Composite Number?

Why is 126,842,436 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 126,842,436 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 9 12 14 18 21 27 28 36 42 54 63 81 84 108 126 162 189 252 324 378 567 756 1,134 2,268 55,927 111,854 167,781 223,708 335,562 391,489 503,343 671,124 782,978 1,006,686 1,174,467 1,510,029 1,565,956 2,013,372 2,348,934 3,020,058 3,523,401 4,530,087 4,697,868 6,040,116 7,046,802 9,060,174 10,570,203 14,093,604 18,120,348 21,140,406 31,710,609 42,280,812 63,421,218 and 126,842,436, with no remainder.

Since 126,842,436 cannot be divided by just 1 and 126,842,436, 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).