Q: Is 213,102,012 a Composite Number?

Why is 213,102,012 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 213,102,012 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 12 139 251 278 417 502 509 556 753 834 1,004 1,018 1,506 1,527 1,668 2,036 3,012 3,054 6,108 34,889 69,778 70,751 104,667 127,759 139,556 141,502 209,334 212,253 255,518 283,004 383,277 418,668 424,506 511,036 766,554 849,012 1,533,108 17,758,501 35,517,002 53,275,503 71,034,004 106,551,006 and 213,102,012, with no remainder.

Since 213,102,012 cannot be divided by just 1 and 213,102,012, 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).