Q: Is 230,323,296 a Composite Number?

Why is 230,323,296 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 230,323,296 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 21 24 28 32 42 48 56 84 96 112 168 224 233 336 466 672 699 932 1,398 1,471 1,631 1,864 2,796 2,942 3,262 3,728 4,413 4,893 5,592 5,884 6,524 7,456 8,826 9,786 10,297 11,184 11,768 13,048 17,652 19,572 20,594 22,368 23,536 26,096 30,891 35,304 39,144 41,188 47,072 52,192 61,782 70,608 78,288 82,376 123,564 141,216 156,576 164,752 247,128 329,504 342,743 494,256 685,486 988,512 1,028,229 1,370,972 2,056,458 2,399,201 2,741,944 4,112,916 4,798,402 5,483,888 7,197,603 8,225,832 9,596,804 10,967,776 14,395,206 16,451,664 19,193,608 28,790,412 32,903,328 38,387,216 57,580,824 76,774,432 115,161,648 and 230,323,296, with no remainder.

Since 230,323,296 cannot be divided by just 1 and 230,323,296, 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).