Q: Is 142,323,120 a Composite Number?

Why is 142,323,120 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 142,323,120 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 12 15 16 18 20 24 30 36 40 43 45 48 60 72 80 86 90 120 129 144 172 180 215 240 258 344 360 387 430 516 645 688 720 774 860 1,032 1,290 1,548 1,720 1,935 2,064 2,580 3,096 3,440 3,870 4,597 5,160 6,192 7,740 9,194 10,320 13,791 15,480 18,388 22,985 27,582 30,960 36,776 41,373 45,970 55,164 68,955 73,552 82,746 91,940 110,328 137,910 165,492 183,880 197,671 206,865 220,656 275,820 330,984 367,760 395,342 413,730 551,640 593,013 661,968 790,684 827,460 988,355 1,103,280 1,186,026 1,581,368 1,654,920 1,779,039 1,976,710 2,372,052 2,965,065 3,162,736 3,309,840 3,558,078 3,953,420 4,744,104 5,930,130 7,116,156 7,906,840 8,895,195 9,488,208 11,860,260 14,232,312 15,813,680 17,790,390 23,720,520 28,464,624 35,580,780 47,441,040 71,161,560 and 142,323,120, with no remainder.

Since 142,323,120 cannot be divided by just 1 and 142,323,120, 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).