Q: Is 212,356,740 a Composite Number?

Why is 212,356,740 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 212,356,740 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 10 12 15 20 30 60 71 79 142 158 213 237 284 316 355 395 426 474 631 710 790 852 948 1,065 1,185 1,262 1,420 1,580 1,893 2,130 2,370 2,524 3,155 3,786 4,260 4,740 5,609 6,310 7,572 9,465 11,218 12,620 16,827 18,930 22,436 28,045 33,654 37,860 44,801 49,849 56,090 67,308 84,135 89,602 99,698 112,180 134,403 149,547 168,270 179,204 199,396 224,005 249,245 268,806 299,094 336,540 448,010 498,490 537,612 598,188 672,015 747,735 896,020 996,980 1,344,030 1,495,470 2,688,060 2,990,940 3,539,279 7,078,558 10,617,837 14,157,116 17,696,395 21,235,674 35,392,790 42,471,348 53,089,185 70,785,580 106,178,370 and 212,356,740, with no remainder.

Since 212,356,740 cannot be divided by just 1 and 212,356,740, 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).