Q: Is 228,510,480 a Composite Number?

Why is 228,510,480 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 228,510,480 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 11 12 15 16 20 22 24 30 33 40 44 48 55 60 66 80 88 101 110 120 132 165 176 202 220 240 264 303 330 404 440 505 528 606 660 808 857 880 1,010 1,111 1,212 1,320 1,515 1,616 1,714 2,020 2,222 2,424 2,571 2,640 3,030 3,333 3,428 4,040 4,285 4,444 4,848 5,142 5,555 6,060 6,666 6,856 8,080 8,570 8,888 9,427 10,284 11,110 12,120 12,855 13,332 13,712 16,665 17,140 17,776 18,854 20,568 22,220 24,240 25,710 26,664 28,281 33,330 34,280 37,708 41,136 44,440 47,135 51,420 53,328 56,562 66,660 68,560 75,416 86,557 88,880 94,270 102,840 113,124 133,320 141,405 150,832 173,114 188,540 205,680 226,248 259,671 266,640 282,810 346,228 377,080 432,785 452,496 519,342 565,620 692,456 754,160 865,570 952,127 1,038,684 1,131,240 1,298,355 1,384,912 1,731,140 1,904,254 2,077,368 2,262,480 2,596,710 2,856,381 3,462,280 3,808,508 4,154,736 4,760,635 5,193,420 5,712,762 6,924,560 7,617,016 9,521,270 10,386,840 11,425,524 14,281,905 15,234,032 19,042,540 20,773,680 22,851,048 28,563,810 38,085,080 45,702,096 57,127,620 76,170,160 114,255,240 and 228,510,480, with no remainder.

Since 228,510,480 cannot be divided by just 1 and 228,510,480, 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).