Q: Is 311,001,012 a Composite Number?

Why is 311,001,012 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 311,001,012 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 9 12 14 18 21 27 28 36 42 54 63 84 97 108 126 189 194 252 291 378 388 582 679 756 873 1,164 1,358 1,746 2,037 2,619 2,716 3,492 4,074 4,241 5,238 6,111 8,148 8,482 10,476 12,222 12,723 16,964 18,333 24,444 25,446 29,687 36,666 38,169 50,892 59,374 73,332 76,338 89,061 114,507 118,748 152,676 178,122 229,014 267,183 356,244 411,377 458,028 534,366 801,549 822,754 1,068,732 1,234,131 1,603,098 1,645,508 2,468,262 2,879,639 3,206,196 3,702,393 4,936,524 5,759,278 7,404,786 8,638,917 11,107,179 11,518,556 14,809,572 17,277,834 22,214,358 25,916,751 34,555,668 44,428,716 51,833,502 77,750,253 103,667,004 155,500,506 and 311,001,012, with no remainder.

Since 311,001,012 cannot be divided by just 1 and 311,001,012, 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).