Q: Is 212,163,392 a Composite Number?

Why is 212,163,392 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 212,163,392 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 16 28 32 56 64 112 224 448 473,579 947,158 1,894,316 3,315,053 3,788,632 6,630,106 7,577,264 13,260,212 15,154,528 26,520,424 30,309,056 53,040,848 106,081,696 and 212,163,392, with no remainder.

Since 212,163,392 cannot be divided by just 1 and 212,163,392, 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).