Q: Is 212,427,480 a Composite Number?

Why is 212,427,480 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 212,427,480 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 20 24 30 40 60 120 359 718 1,077 1,436 1,795 2,154 2,872 3,590 4,308 4,931 5,385 7,180 8,616 9,862 10,770 14,360 14,793 19,724 21,540 24,655 29,586 39,448 43,080 49,310 59,172 73,965 98,620 118,344 147,930 197,240 295,860 591,720 1,770,229 3,540,458 5,310,687 7,080,916 8,851,145 10,621,374 14,161,832 17,702,290 21,242,748 26,553,435 35,404,580 42,485,496 53,106,870 70,809,160 106,213,740 and 212,427,480, with no remainder.

Since 212,427,480 cannot be divided by just 1 and 212,427,480, 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).