Q: Is 201,202,208 a Composite Number?

Why is 201,202,208 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 201,202,208 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 16 17 32 34 68 136 272 544 577 641 1,154 1,282 2,308 2,564 4,616 5,128 9,232 9,809 10,256 10,897 18,464 19,618 20,512 21,794 39,236 43,588 78,472 87,176 156,944 174,352 313,888 348,704 369,857 739,714 1,479,428 2,958,856 5,917,712 6,287,569 11,835,424 12,575,138 25,150,276 50,300,552 100,601,104 and 201,202,208, with no remainder.

Since 201,202,208 cannot be divided by just 1 and 201,202,208, 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).