Q: Is 311,211,336 a Composite Number?

Why is 311,211,336 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 311,211,336 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 19 24 38 53 57 76 79 106 114 152 158 159 163 212 228 237 316 318 326 424 456 474 489 632 636 652 948 978 1,007 1,272 1,304 1,501 1,896 1,956 2,014 3,002 3,021 3,097 3,912 4,028 4,187 4,503 6,004 6,042 6,194 8,056 8,374 8,639 9,006 9,291 12,008 12,084 12,388 12,561 12,877 16,748 17,278 18,012 18,582 24,168 24,776 25,122 25,754 25,917 33,496 34,556 36,024 37,164 38,631 50,244 51,508 51,834 69,112 74,328 77,262 79,553 100,488 103,016 103,668 154,524 159,106 164,141 207,336 238,659 244,663 309,048 318,212 328,282 477,318 489,326 492,423 636,424 656,564 682,481 733,989 954,636 978,652 984,846 1,313,128 1,364,962 1,467,978 1,909,272 1,957,304 1,969,692 2,047,443 2,729,924 2,935,956 3,939,384 4,094,886 5,459,848 5,871,912 8,189,772 12,967,139 16,379,544 25,934,278 38,901,417 51,868,556 77,802,834 103,737,112 155,605,668 and 311,211,336, with no remainder.

Since 311,211,336 cannot be divided by just 1 and 311,211,336, 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).