Q: Is 212,513,112 a Composite Number?

Why is 212,513,112 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 212,513,112 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 18 21 24 27 28 36 42 54 56 63 72 84 108 126 168 189 216 252 378 504 756 1,512 140,551 281,102 421,653 562,204 843,306 983,857 1,124,408 1,264,959 1,686,612 1,967,714 2,529,918 2,951,571 3,373,224 3,794,877 3,935,428 5,059,836 5,903,142 7,589,754 7,870,856 8,854,713 10,119,672 11,806,284 15,179,508 17,709,426 23,612,568 26,564,139 30,359,016 35,418,852 53,128,278 70,837,704 106,256,556 and 212,513,112, with no remainder.

Since 212,513,112 cannot be divided by just 1 and 212,513,112, 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).