Q: Is 230,510,748 a Composite Number?

Why is 230,510,748 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 230,510,748 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 12 13 26 39 47 52 78 94 141 149 156 188 211 282 298 422 447 564 596 611 633 844 894 1,222 1,266 1,788 1,833 1,937 2,444 2,532 2,743 3,666 3,874 5,486 5,811 7,003 7,332 7,748 8,229 9,917 10,972 11,622 14,006 16,458 19,834 21,009 23,244 28,012 29,751 31,439 32,916 39,668 42,018 59,502 62,878 84,036 91,039 94,317 119,004 125,756 128,921 182,078 188,634 257,842 273,117 364,156 377,268 386,763 408,707 515,684 546,234 773,526 817,414 1,092,468 1,226,121 1,477,633 1,547,052 1,634,828 2,452,242 2,955,266 4,432,899 4,904,484 5,910,532 8,865,798 17,731,596 19,209,229 38,418,458 57,627,687 76,836,916 115,255,374 and 230,510,748, with no remainder.

Since 230,510,748 cannot be divided by just 1 and 230,510,748, 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).