Q: Is 228,321,138 a Composite Number?

Why is 228,321,138 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 228,321,138 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 19 23 31 38 46 53 57 62 69 93 106 114 138 159 186 318 437 589 713 874 1,007 1,178 1,219 1,311 1,426 1,643 1,767 2,014 2,139 2,438 2,622 2,809 3,021 3,286 3,534 3,657 4,278 4,929 5,618 6,042 7,314 8,427 9,858 13,547 16,854 23,161 27,094 31,217 37,789 40,641 46,322 53,371 62,434 64,607 69,483 75,578 81,282 87,079 93,651 106,742 113,367 129,214 138,966 160,113 174,158 187,302 193,821 226,734 261,237 320,226 387,642 522,474 717,991 1,227,533 1,435,982 1,654,501 2,002,817 2,153,973 2,455,066 3,309,002 3,682,599 4,005,634 4,307,946 4,963,503 6,008,451 7,365,198 9,927,006 12,016,902 38,053,523 76,107,046 114,160,569 and 228,321,138, with no remainder.

Since 228,321,138 cannot be divided by just 1 and 228,321,138, 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).