Q: Is 140,124,204 a Composite Number?

Why is 140,124,204 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 140,124,204 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 11 12 18 22 33 36 44 66 99 107 132 198 214 321 396 428 642 963 1,177 1,284 1,926 2,354 3,307 3,531 3,852 4,708 6,614 7,062 9,921 10,593 13,228 14,124 19,842 21,186 29,763 36,377 39,684 42,372 59,526 72,754 109,131 119,052 145,508 218,262 327,393 353,849 436,524 654,786 707,698 1,061,547 1,309,572 1,415,396 2,123,094 3,184,641 3,892,339 4,246,188 6,369,282 7,784,678 11,677,017 12,738,564 15,569,356 23,354,034 35,031,051 46,708,068 70,062,102 and 140,124,204, with no remainder.

Since 140,124,204 cannot be divided by just 1 and 140,124,204, 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).