Q: Is 201,423,012 a Composite Number?

Why is 201,423,012 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 201,423,012 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 12 14 21 28 42 47 84 94 141 163 188 282 313 326 329 489 564 626 652 658 939 978 987 1,141 1,252 1,316 1,878 1,956 1,974 2,191 2,282 3,423 3,756 3,948 4,382 4,564 6,573 6,846 7,661 8,764 13,146 13,692 14,711 15,322 22,983 26,292 29,422 30,644 44,133 45,966 51,019 53,627 58,844 88,266 91,932 102,038 102,977 107,254 153,057 160,881 176,532 204,076 205,954 214,508 306,114 308,931 321,762 357,133 411,908 612,228 617,862 643,524 714,266 1,071,399 1,235,724 1,428,532 2,142,798 2,397,893 4,285,596 4,795,786 7,193,679 9,591,572 14,387,358 16,785,251 28,774,716 33,570,502 50,355,753 67,141,004 100,711,506 and 201,423,012, with no remainder.

Since 201,423,012 cannot be divided by just 1 and 201,423,012, 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).