Q: Is 230,560,720 a Composite Number?

Why is 230,560,720 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 230,560,720 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 13 16 20 26 40 52 65 80 83 104 130 166 208 260 332 415 520 664 830 1,040 1,079 1,328 1,660 2,158 2,671 3,320 4,316 5,342 5,395 6,640 8,632 10,684 10,790 13,355 17,264 21,368 21,580 26,710 34,723 42,736 43,160 53,420 69,446 86,320 106,840 138,892 173,615 213,680 221,693 277,784 347,230 443,386 555,568 694,460 886,772 1,108,465 1,388,920 1,773,544 2,216,930 2,777,840 2,882,009 3,547,088 4,433,860 5,764,018 8,867,720 11,528,036 14,410,045 17,735,440 23,056,072 28,820,090 46,112,144 57,640,180 115,280,360 and 230,560,720, with no remainder.

Since 230,560,720 cannot be divided by just 1 and 230,560,720, 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).