Q: Is 432,240,012 a Composite Number?

Why is 432,240,012 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 432,240,012 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 18 23 29 36 46 47 58 69 87 92 94 116 138 141 174 188 207 261 276 282 348 383 414 423 522 564 667 766 828 846 1,044 1,081 1,149 1,334 1,363 1,532 1,692 2,001 2,162 2,298 2,668 2,726 3,243 3,447 4,002 4,089 4,324 4,596 5,452 6,003 6,486 6,894 8,004 8,178 8,809 9,729 11,107 12,006 12,267 12,972 13,788 16,356 17,618 18,001 19,458 22,214 24,012 24,534 26,427 31,349 33,321 35,236 36,002 38,916 44,428 49,068 52,854 54,003 62,698 66,642 72,004 79,281 94,047 99,963 105,708 108,006 125,396 133,284 158,562 162,009 188,094 199,926 216,012 255,461 282,141 317,124 324,018 376,188 399,852 414,023 510,922 522,029 564,282 648,036 766,383 828,046 1,021,844 1,044,058 1,128,564 1,242,069 1,532,766 1,566,087 1,656,092 2,088,116 2,299,149 2,484,138 3,065,532 3,132,174 3,726,207 4,598,298 4,698,261 4,968,276 6,264,348 7,452,414 9,196,596 9,396,522 12,006,667 14,904,828 18,793,044 24,013,334 36,020,001 48,026,668 72,040,002 108,060,003 144,080,004 216,120,006 and 432,240,012, with no remainder.

Since 432,240,012 cannot be divided by just 1 and 432,240,012, 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).