Q: Is 252,212,016 a Composite Number?

Why is 252,212,016 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 252,212,016 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 21 24 28 42 48 49 56 84 98 112 147 168 196 294 336 343 392 588 686 784 1,029 1,176 1,372 2,058 2,352 2,744 4,116 5,488 8,232 15,319 16,464 30,638 45,957 61,276 91,914 107,233 122,552 183,828 214,466 245,104 321,699 367,656 428,932 643,398 735,312 750,631 857,864 1,286,796 1,501,262 1,715,728 2,251,893 2,573,592 3,002,524 4,503,786 5,147,184 5,254,417 6,005,048 9,007,572 10,508,834 12,010,096 15,763,251 18,015,144 21,017,668 31,526,502 36,030,288 42,035,336 63,053,004 84,070,672 126,106,008 and 252,212,016, with no remainder.

Since 252,212,016 cannot be divided by just 1 and 252,212,016, 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).