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

Why is 230,355,216 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 230,355,216 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 13 14 16 18 21 24 26 28 36 39 42 48 52 56 63 72 78 84 91 104 112 117 126 144 156 168 182 208 234 252 273 312 336 364 468 504 546 624 728 819 936 1,008 1,092 1,456 1,638 1,872 2,184 3,276 4,368 6,552 13,104 17,579 35,158 52,737 70,316 105,474 123,053 140,632 158,211 210,948 228,527 246,106 281,264 316,422 369,159 421,896 457,054 492,212 632,844 685,581 738,318 843,792 914,108 984,424 1,107,477 1,265,688 1,371,162 1,476,636 1,599,689 1,828,216 1,968,848 2,056,743 2,214,954 2,531,376 2,742,324 2,953,272 3,199,378 3,656,432 4,113,486 4,429,908 4,799,067 5,484,648 5,906,544 6,398,756 8,226,972 8,859,816 9,598,134 10,969,296 12,797,512 14,397,201 16,453,944 17,719,632 19,196,268 25,595,024 28,794,402 32,907,888 38,392,536 57,588,804 76,785,072 115,177,608 and 230,355,216, with no remainder.

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