Q: Is 37,201,212 a Composite Number?

Why is 37,201,212 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 37,201,212 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 18 23 36 46 69 92 138 179 207 251 276 358 414 502 537 716 753 828 1,004 1,074 1,506 1,611 2,148 2,259 3,012 3,222 4,117 4,518 5,773 6,444 8,234 9,036 11,546 12,351 16,468 17,319 23,092 24,702 34,638 37,053 44,929 49,404 51,957 69,276 74,106 89,858 103,914 134,787 148,212 179,716 207,828 269,574 404,361 539,148 808,722 1,033,367 1,617,444 2,066,734 3,100,101 4,133,468 6,200,202 9,300,303 12,400,404 18,600,606 and 37,201,212, with no remainder.

Since 37,201,212 cannot be divided by just 1 and 37,201,212, 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).