Q: Is 216,355,230 a Composite Number?

Why is 216,355,230 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 216,355,230 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 5 6 7 9 10 13 14 15 18 21 26 30 35 39 42 45 63 65 70 78 90 91 105 117 126 130 182 195 210 234 273 315 390 455 546 585 630 819 910 1,170 1,365 1,638 2,730 4,095 8,190 26,417 52,834 79,251 132,085 158,502 184,919 237,753 264,170 343,421 369,838 396,255 475,506 554,757 686,842 792,510 924,595 1,030,263 1,109,514 1,188,765 1,664,271 1,717,105 1,849,190 2,060,526 2,377,530 2,403,947 2,773,785 3,090,789 3,328,542 3,434,210 4,807,894 5,151,315 5,547,570 6,181,578 7,211,841 8,321,355 10,302,630 12,019,735 14,423,682 15,453,945 16,642,710 21,635,523 24,039,470 30,907,890 36,059,205 43,271,046 72,118,410 108,177,615 and 216,355,230, with no remainder.

Since 216,355,230 cannot be divided by just 1 and 216,355,230, 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).