Q: Is 112,236,012 a Composite Number?

Why is 112,236,012 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 112,236,012 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 9 12 14 18 21 28 36 42 63 84 126 252 257 514 771 1,028 1,542 1,733 1,799 2,313 3,084 3,466 3,598 4,626 5,199 5,397 6,932 7,196 9,252 10,398 10,794 12,131 15,597 16,191 20,796 21,588 24,262 31,194 32,382 36,393 48,524 62,388 64,764 72,786 109,179 145,572 218,358 436,716 445,381 890,762 1,336,143 1,781,524 2,672,286 3,117,667 4,008,429 5,344,572 6,235,334 8,016,858 9,353,001 12,470,668 16,033,716 18,706,002 28,059,003 37,412,004 56,118,006 and 112,236,012, with no remainder.

Since 112,236,012 cannot be divided by just 1 and 112,236,012, 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).