Q: Is 211,239,996 a Composite Number?

Why is 211,239,996 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 211,239,996 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 11 12 22 33 44 47 66 79 94 132 141 158 188 237 282 316 431 474 517 564 862 869 948 1,034 1,293 1,551 1,724 1,738 2,068 2,586 2,607 3,102 3,476 3,713 4,741 5,172 5,214 6,204 7,426 9,482 10,428 11,139 14,223 14,852 18,964 20,257 22,278 28,446 34,049 40,514 40,843 44,556 56,892 60,771 68,098 81,028 81,686 102,147 121,542 122,529 136,196 163,372 204,294 222,827 243,084 245,058 374,539 408,588 445,654 490,116 668,481 749,078 891,308 1,123,617 1,336,962 1,498,156 1,600,303 2,247,234 2,673,924 3,200,606 4,494,468 4,800,909 6,401,212 9,601,818 17,603,333 19,203,636 35,206,666 52,809,999 70,413,332 105,619,998 and 211,239,996, with no remainder.

Since 211,239,996 cannot be divided by just 1 and 211,239,996, 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).