Q: Is 212,435,223 a Composite Number?

Why is 212,435,223 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 212,435,223 can be evenly divided by 1 3 7 11 13 21 33 39 59 77 91 109 121 143 177 231 273 327 363 413 429 649 763 767 847 1,001 1,199 1,239 1,417 1,573 1,947 2,289 2,301 2,541 3,003 3,597 4,251 4,543 4,719 5,369 6,431 7,139 8,393 8,437 9,919 11,011 13,189 13,629 15,587 16,107 19,293 21,417 25,179 25,311 29,757 33,033 39,567 45,017 46,761 49,973 59,059 70,741 83,603 92,323 92,807 109,109 135,051 149,919 171,457 177,177 212,223 250,809 276,969 278,421 327,327 495,187 514,371 585,221 649,649 778,151 919,633 1,200,199 1,485,561 1,755,663 1,948,947 2,334,453 2,758,899 3,600,597 5,447,057 6,437,431 10,115,963 16,341,171 19,312,293 30,347,889 70,811,741 and 212,435,223, with no remainder.

Since 212,435,223 cannot be divided by just 1 and 212,435,223, 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).