Q: Is 131,122,212 a Composite Number?

Why is 131,122,212 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 131,122,212 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 12 13 26 39 52 53 78 106 156 159 212 318 636 689 1,378 2,067 2,756 4,134 8,268 15,859 31,718 47,577 63,436 95,154 190,308 206,167 412,334 618,501 824,668 840,527 1,237,002 1,681,054 2,474,004 2,521,581 3,362,108 5,043,162 10,086,324 10,926,851 21,853,702 32,780,553 43,707,404 65,561,106 and 131,122,212, with no remainder.

Since 131,122,212 cannot be divided by just 1 and 131,122,212, 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).