Q: Is 118,568,840 a Composite Number?

Why is 118,568,840 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 118,568,840 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 13 20 26 40 52 65 104 107 130 214 260 428 520 535 856 1,070 1,391 2,131 2,140 2,782 4,262 4,280 5,564 6,955 8,524 10,655 11,128 13,910 17,048 21,310 27,703 27,820 42,620 55,406 55,640 85,240 110,812 138,515 221,624 228,017 277,030 456,034 554,060 912,068 1,108,120 1,140,085 1,824,136 2,280,170 2,964,221 4,560,340 5,928,442 9,120,680 11,856,884 14,821,105 23,713,768 29,642,210 59,284,420 and 118,568,840, with no remainder.

Since 118,568,840 cannot be divided by just 1 and 118,568,840, 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).