Q: Is 30,121,224 a Composite Number?

Why is 30,121,224 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 30,121,224 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 21 24 28 41 42 56 82 84 123 164 168 246 287 328 492 574 861 984 1,148 1,722 2,296 3,444 4,373 6,888 8,746 13,119 17,492 26,238 30,611 34,984 52,476 61,222 91,833 104,952 122,444 179,293 183,666 244,888 358,586 367,332 537,879 717,172 734,664 1,075,758 1,255,051 1,434,344 2,151,516 2,510,102 3,765,153 4,303,032 5,020,204 7,530,306 10,040,408 15,060,612 and 30,121,224, with no remainder.

Since 30,121,224 cannot be divided by just 1 and 30,121,224, 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).