Q: Is 365,235,012 a Composite Number?

Why is 365,235,012 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 365,235,012 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 18 36 79 158 167 237 316 334 474 501 668 711 769 948 1,002 1,422 1,503 1,538 2,004 2,307 2,844 3,006 3,076 4,614 6,012 6,921 9,228 13,193 13,842 26,386 27,684 39,579 52,772 60,751 79,158 118,737 121,502 128,423 158,316 182,253 237,474 243,004 256,846 364,506 385,269 474,948 513,692 546,759 729,012 770,538 1,093,518 1,155,807 1,541,076 2,187,036 2,311,614 4,623,228 10,145,417 20,290,834 30,436,251 40,581,668 60,872,502 91,308,753 121,745,004 182,617,506 and 365,235,012, with no remainder.

Since 365,235,012 cannot be divided by just 1 and 365,235,012, 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).