Q: Is 201,432,252 a Composite Number?

Why is 201,432,252 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 201,432,252 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 12 14 17 21 23 28 34 42 46 51 68 69 84 92 102 119 138 161 204 238 276 322 357 391 476 483 644 714 782 966 1,173 1,428 1,564 1,932 2,346 2,737 4,692 5,474 6,133 8,211 10,948 12,266 16,422 18,399 24,532 32,844 36,798 42,931 73,596 85,862 104,261 128,793 141,059 171,724 208,522 257,586 282,118 312,783 417,044 423,177 515,172 564,236 625,566 729,827 846,354 987,413 1,251,132 1,459,654 1,692,708 1,974,826 2,189,481 2,398,003 2,919,308 2,962,239 3,949,652 4,378,962 4,796,006 5,924,478 7,194,009 8,757,924 9,592,012 11,848,956 14,388,018 16,786,021 28,776,036 33,572,042 50,358,063 67,144,084 100,716,126 and 201,432,252, with no remainder.

Since 201,432,252 cannot be divided by just 1 and 201,432,252, 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).