Q: Is 243,101,012 a Composite Number?

Why is 243,101,012 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 243,101,012 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 11 14 22 28 44 77 79 97 103 154 158 194 206 308 316 388 412 553 679 721 869 1,067 1,106 1,133 1,358 1,442 1,738 2,134 2,212 2,266 2,716 2,884 3,476 4,268 4,532 6,083 7,469 7,663 7,931 8,137 9,991 12,166 14,938 15,326 15,862 16,274 19,982 24,332 29,876 30,652 31,724 32,548 39,964 53,641 56,959 69,937 84,293 89,507 107,282 109,901 113,918 139,874 168,586 179,014 214,564 219,802 227,836 279,748 337,172 358,028 439,604 590,051 626,549 769,307 789,289 1,180,102 1,253,098 1,538,614 1,578,578 2,360,204 2,506,196 3,077,228 3,157,156 5,525,023 8,682,179 11,050,046 17,364,358 22,100,092 34,728,716 60,775,253 121,550,506 and 243,101,012, with no remainder.

Since 243,101,012 cannot be divided by just 1 and 243,101,012, 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).