Q: Is 230,531,520 a Composite Number?

Why is 230,531,520 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 230,531,520 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 24 30 32 40 41 48 60 64 80 82 96 120 123 160 164 192 205 240 246 320 328 410 480 492 615 656 820 960 984 1,230 1,312 1,640 1,968 2,460 2,624 3,280 3,936 4,920 5,857 6,560 7,872 9,840 11,714 13,120 17,571 19,680 23,428 29,285 35,142 39,360 46,856 58,570 70,284 87,855 93,712 117,140 140,568 175,710 187,424 234,280 240,137 281,136 351,420 374,848 468,560 480,274 562,272 702,840 720,411 937,120 960,548 1,124,544 1,200,685 1,405,680 1,440,822 1,874,240 1,921,096 2,401,370 2,811,360 2,881,644 3,602,055 3,842,192 4,802,740 5,622,720 5,763,288 7,204,110 7,684,384 9,605,480 11,526,576 14,408,220 15,368,768 19,210,960 23,053,152 28,816,440 38,421,920 46,106,304 57,632,880 76,843,840 115,265,760 and 230,531,520, with no remainder.

Since 230,531,520 cannot be divided by just 1 and 230,531,520, 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).