Q: Is 228,165,072 a Composite Number?

Why is 228,165,072 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 228,165,072 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 19 24 38 47 48 57 76 94 114 141 152 188 228 282 304 376 456 564 752 893 912 1,128 1,786 2,256 2,679 3,572 5,323 5,358 7,144 10,646 10,716 14,288 15,969 21,292 21,432 31,938 42,584 42,864 63,876 85,168 101,137 127,752 202,274 250,181 255,504 303,411 404,548 500,362 606,822 750,543 809,096 1,000,724 1,213,644 1,501,086 1,618,192 2,001,448 2,427,288 3,002,172 4,002,896 4,753,439 4,854,576 6,004,344 9,506,878 12,008,688 14,260,317 19,013,756 28,520,634 38,027,512 57,041,268 76,055,024 114,082,536 and 228,165,072, with no remainder.

Since 228,165,072 cannot be divided by just 1 and 228,165,072, 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).