Q: Is 237,302,112 a Composite Number?

Why is 237,302,112 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 237,302,112 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 24 32 48 96 103 206 233 309 412 466 618 699 824 932 1,236 1,398 1,648 1,864 2,472 2,796 3,296 3,728 4,944 5,592 7,456 9,888 10,609 11,184 21,218 22,368 23,999 31,827 42,436 47,998 63,654 71,997 84,872 95,996 127,308 143,994 169,744 191,992 254,616 287,988 339,488 383,984 509,232 575,976 767,968 1,018,464 1,151,952 2,303,904 2,471,897 4,943,794 7,415,691 9,887,588 14,831,382 19,775,176 29,662,764 39,550,352 59,325,528 79,100,704 118,651,056 and 237,302,112, with no remainder.

Since 237,302,112 cannot be divided by just 1 and 237,302,112, 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).