Q: Is 161,235,120 a Composite Number?

Why is 161,235,120 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 161,235,120 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 24 30 40 48 60 80 120 240 463 926 1,389 1,451 1,852 2,315 2,778 2,902 3,704 4,353 4,630 5,556 5,804 6,945 7,255 7,408 8,706 9,260 11,112 11,608 13,890 14,510 17,412 18,520 21,765 22,224 23,216 27,780 29,020 34,824 37,040 43,530 55,560 58,040 69,648 87,060 111,120 116,080 174,120 348,240 671,813 1,343,626 2,015,439 2,687,252 3,359,065 4,030,878 5,374,504 6,718,130 8,061,756 10,077,195 10,749,008 13,436,260 16,123,512 20,154,390 26,872,520 32,247,024 40,308,780 53,745,040 80,617,560 and 161,235,120, with no remainder.

Since 161,235,120 cannot be divided by just 1 and 161,235,120, 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).