Q: Is 186,120 a Composite Number?

Why is 186,120 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 186,120 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 11 12 15 18 20 22 24 30 33 36 40 44 45 47 55 60 66 72 88 90 94 99 110 120 132 141 165 180 188 198 220 235 264 282 330 360 376 396 423 440 470 495 517 564 660 705 792 846 940 990 1,034 1,128 1,320 1,410 1,551 1,692 1,880 1,980 2,068 2,115 2,585 2,820 3,102 3,384 3,960 4,136 4,230 4,653 5,170 5,640 6,204 7,755 8,460 9,306 10,340 12,408 15,510 16,920 18,612 20,680 23,265 31,020 37,224 46,530 62,040 93,060 and 186,120, with no remainder.

Since 186,120 cannot be divided by just 1 and 186,120, 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).