Q: Is 212,412,744 a Composite Number?

Why is 212,412,744 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 212,412,744 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 24 31 36 59 62 72 93 118 124 177 186 236 248 279 354 372 472 531 558 708 744 1,062 1,116 1,416 1,613 1,829 2,124 2,232 3,226 3,658 4,248 4,839 5,487 6,452 7,316 9,678 10,974 12,904 14,517 14,632 16,461 19,356 21,948 29,034 32,922 38,712 43,896 50,003 58,068 65,844 95,167 100,006 116,136 131,688 150,009 190,334 200,012 285,501 300,018 380,668 400,024 450,027 571,002 600,036 761,336 856,503 900,054 1,142,004 1,200,072 1,713,006 1,800,108 2,284,008 2,950,177 3,426,012 3,600,216 5,900,354 6,852,024 8,850,531 11,800,708 17,701,062 23,601,416 26,551,593 35,402,124 53,103,186 70,804,248 106,206,372 and 212,412,744, with no remainder.

Since 212,412,744 cannot be divided by just 1 and 212,412,744, 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).