Q: Is 316,121,112 a Composite Number?

Why is 316,121,112 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 316,121,112 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 24 29 36 58 72 87 101 116 174 202 232 261 303 348 404 522 606 696 808 909 1,044 1,212 1,499 1,818 2,088 2,424 2,929 2,998 3,636 4,497 5,858 5,996 7,272 8,787 8,994 11,716 11,992 13,491 17,574 17,988 23,432 26,361 26,982 35,148 35,976 43,471 52,722 53,964 70,296 86,942 105,444 107,928 130,413 151,399 173,884 210,888 260,826 302,798 347,768 391,239 454,197 521,652 605,596 782,478 908,394 1,043,304 1,211,192 1,362,591 1,564,956 1,816,788 2,725,182 3,129,912 3,633,576 4,390,571 5,450,364 8,781,142 10,900,728 13,171,713 17,562,284 26,343,426 35,124,568 39,515,139 52,686,852 79,030,278 105,373,704 158,060,556 and 316,121,112, with no remainder.

Since 316,121,112 cannot be divided by just 1 and 316,121,112, 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).