Q: Is 311,312,112 a Composite Number?

Why is 311,312,112 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 311,312,112 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 19 24 38 48 57 76 114 152 228 304 353 456 706 912 967 1,059 1,412 1,934 2,118 2,824 2,901 3,868 4,236 5,648 5,802 6,707 7,736 8,472 11,604 13,414 15,472 16,944 18,373 20,121 23,208 26,828 36,746 40,242 46,416 53,656 55,119 73,492 80,484 107,312 110,238 146,984 160,968 220,476 293,968 321,936 341,351 440,952 682,702 881,904 1,024,053 1,365,404 2,048,106 2,730,808 4,096,212 5,461,616 6,485,669 8,192,424 12,971,338 16,384,848 19,457,007 25,942,676 38,914,014 51,885,352 77,828,028 103,770,704 155,656,056 and 311,312,112, with no remainder.

Since 311,312,112 cannot be divided by just 1 and 311,312,112, 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).