Q: Is 231,010,000 a Composite Number?

Why is 231,010,000 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 231,010,000 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 13 16 20 25 26 40 50 52 65 80 100 104 125 130 200 208 250 260 325 400 500 520 625 650 1,000 1,040 1,250 1,300 1,625 1,777 2,000 2,500 2,600 3,250 3,554 5,000 5,200 6,500 7,108 8,125 8,885 10,000 13,000 14,216 16,250 17,770 23,101 26,000 28,432 32,500 35,540 44,425 46,202 65,000 71,080 88,850 92,404 115,505 130,000 142,160 177,700 184,808 222,125 231,010 355,400 369,616 444,250 462,020 577,525 710,800 888,500 924,040 1,110,625 1,155,050 1,777,000 1,848,080 2,221,250 2,310,100 2,887,625 3,554,000 4,442,500 4,620,200 5,775,250 8,885,000 9,240,400 11,550,500 14,438,125 17,770,000 23,101,000 28,876,250 46,202,000 57,752,500 115,505,000 and 231,010,000, with no remainder.

Since 231,010,000 cannot be divided by just 1 and 231,010,000, 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).