Q: Is 212,212,308 a Composite Number?

Why is 212,212,308 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 212,212,308 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 11 12 14 21 22 28 33 42 44 66 77 84 132 154 163 231 308 326 462 489 652 924 978 1,141 1,409 1,793 1,956 2,282 2,818 3,423 3,586 4,227 4,564 5,379 5,636 6,846 7,172 8,454 9,863 10,758 12,551 13,692 15,499 16,908 19,726 21,516 25,102 29,589 30,998 37,653 39,452 46,497 50,204 59,178 61,996 75,306 92,994 108,493 118,356 150,612 185,988 216,986 229,667 325,479 433,972 459,334 650,958 689,001 918,668 1,301,916 1,378,002 1,607,669 2,526,337 2,756,004 3,215,338 4,823,007 5,052,674 6,430,676 7,579,011 9,646,014 10,105,348 15,158,022 17,684,359 19,292,028 30,316,044 35,368,718 53,053,077 70,737,436 106,106,154 and 212,212,308, with no remainder.

Since 212,212,308 cannot be divided by just 1 and 212,212,308, 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).