Q: Is 230,523,228 a Composite Number?

Why is 230,523,228 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 230,523,228 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 13 18 26 36 39 52 78 109 117 156 218 234 327 436 468 654 981 1,308 1,417 1,962 2,834 3,924 4,251 4,519 5,668 8,502 9,038 12,753 13,557 17,004 18,076 25,506 27,114 40,671 51,012 54,228 58,747 81,342 117,494 162,684 176,241 234,988 352,482 492,571 528,723 704,964 985,142 1,057,446 1,477,713 1,970,284 2,114,892 2,955,426 4,433,139 5,910,852 6,403,423 8,866,278 12,806,846 17,732,556 19,210,269 25,613,692 38,420,538 57,630,807 76,841,076 115,261,614 and 230,523,228, with no remainder.

Since 230,523,228 cannot be divided by just 1 and 230,523,228, 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).