Q: Is 421,212,246 a Composite Number?

Why is 421,212,246 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 421,212,246 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 13 14 21 26 39 42 78 91 113 182 226 273 339 546 678 791 1,469 1,582 2,373 2,938 4,407 4,746 6,827 8,814 10,283 13,654 20,481 20,566 30,849 40,962 47,789 61,698 88,751 95,578 143,367 177,502 266,253 286,734 532,506 621,257 771,451 1,242,514 1,542,902 1,863,771 2,314,353 3,727,542 4,628,706 5,400,157 10,028,863 10,800,314 16,200,471 20,057,726 30,086,589 32,400,942 60,173,178 70,202,041 140,404,082 210,606,123 and 421,212,246, with no remainder.

Since 421,212,246 cannot be divided by just 1 and 421,212,246, 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).