Q: Is 312,311,104 a Composite Number?

Why is 312,311,104 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 312,311,104 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 16 28 32 41 49 56 64 82 98 112 164 196 224 287 328 343 347 392 448 574 656 686 694 784 1,148 1,312 1,372 1,388 1,568 2,009 2,296 2,429 2,624 2,744 2,776 3,136 4,018 4,592 4,858 5,488 5,552 8,036 9,184 9,716 10,976 11,104 14,063 14,227 16,072 17,003 18,368 19,432 21,952 22,208 28,126 28,454 32,144 34,006 38,864 56,252 56,908 64,288 68,012 77,728 99,589 112,504 113,816 119,021 128,576 136,024 155,456 199,178 225,008 227,632 238,042 272,048 398,356 450,016 455,264 476,084 544,096 697,123 796,712 900,032 910,528 952,168 1,088,192 1,394,246 1,593,424 1,904,336 2,788,492 3,186,848 3,808,672 4,879,861 5,576,984 6,373,696 7,617,344 9,759,722 11,153,968 19,519,444 22,307,936 39,038,888 44,615,872 78,077,776 156,155,552 and 312,311,104, with no remainder.

Since 312,311,104 cannot be divided by just 1 and 312,311,104, 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).