Q: Is 231,010,208 a Composite Number?

Why is 231,010,208 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 231,010,208 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 11 13 16 19 22 26 32 38 44 52 76 88 104 143 152 176 208 209 247 286 304 352 416 418 494 572 608 836 988 1,144 1,672 1,976 2,288 2,657 2,717 3,344 3,952 4,576 5,314 5,434 6,688 7,904 10,628 10,868 21,256 21,736 29,227 34,541 42,512 43,472 50,483 58,454 69,082 85,024 86,944 100,966 116,908 138,164 201,932 233,816 276,328 379,951 403,864 467,632 552,656 555,313 656,279 759,902 807,728 935,264 1,105,312 1,110,626 1,312,558 1,519,804 1,615,456 2,221,252 2,625,116 3,039,608 4,442,504 5,250,232 6,079,216 7,219,069 8,885,008 10,500,464 12,158,432 14,438,138 17,770,016 21,000,928 28,876,276 57,752,552 115,505,104 and 231,010,208, with no remainder.

Since 231,010,208 cannot be divided by just 1 and 231,010,208, 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).