Q: Is 230,454,040 a Composite Number?

Why is 230,454,040 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 230,454,040 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 17 19 20 34 38 40 68 76 85 95 136 152 170 190 323 340 380 646 680 760 1,292 1,615 2,584 3,230 6,460 12,920 17,837 35,674 71,348 89,185 142,696 178,370 303,229 338,903 356,740 606,458 677,806 713,480 1,212,916 1,355,612 1,516,145 1,694,515 2,425,832 2,711,224 3,032,290 3,389,030 5,761,351 6,064,580 6,778,060 11,522,702 12,129,160 13,556,120 23,045,404 28,806,755 46,090,808 57,613,510 115,227,020 and 230,454,040, with no remainder.

Since 230,454,040 cannot be divided by just 1 and 230,454,040, 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).