Q: Is 421,143,120 a Composite Number?

Why is 421,143,120 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 421,143,120 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 12 15 16 18 20 24 30 36 40 45 48 60 72 80 90 120 144 180 240 353 360 706 720 1,059 1,412 1,657 1,765 2,118 2,824 3,177 3,314 3,530 4,236 4,971 5,295 5,648 6,354 6,628 7,060 8,285 8,472 9,942 10,590 12,708 13,256 14,120 14,913 15,885 16,570 16,944 19,884 21,180 24,855 25,416 26,512 28,240 29,826 31,770 33,140 39,768 42,360 49,710 50,832 59,652 63,540 66,280 74,565 79,536 84,720 99,420 119,304 127,080 132,560 149,130 198,840 238,608 254,160 298,260 397,680 584,921 596,520 1,169,842 1,193,040 1,754,763 2,339,684 2,924,605 3,509,526 4,679,368 5,264,289 5,849,210 7,019,052 8,773,815 9,358,736 10,528,578 11,698,420 14,038,104 17,547,630 21,057,156 23,396,840 26,321,445 28,076,208 35,095,260 42,114,312 46,793,680 52,642,890 70,190,520 84,228,624 105,285,780 140,381,040 210,571,560 and 421,143,120, with no remainder.

Since 421,143,120 cannot be divided by just 1 and 421,143,120, 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).