If the number can be evenly divided (no remainder) by any other number besides '1' and itself,
then it's a composite number. We only have to find one more 'factor'.
1,212 can be evenly divided by: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 101, 202, 303, 404, 606, and 1,212.
We only had to find one other factor besides '1' and 1,212 in order to prove it composite.
But we found ten more. So it's definitely composite.
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1212 is a composite number because it has more than two factors
Composite, it is even. 1212= 101 X 12 606 X 2 1 X 1212 3 X 404 4 X 303 6 X 202
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All even numbers greater than 2 are composite.
An even number can be divided by 2 evenly. An odd number will have a remainder of 1 when divided by 2. 1212 is an even number.