Q: Is 231,033,400 a Composite Number?

Why is 231,033,400 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 231,033,400 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 13 17 20 25 26 34 40 50 52 65 68 85 100 104 130 136 170 200 221 260 325 340 425 442 520 650 680 850 884 1,105 1,300 1,700 1,768 2,210 2,600 3,400 4,420 5,227 5,525 8,840 10,454 11,050 20,908 22,100 26,135 41,816 44,200 52,270 67,951 88,859 104,540 130,675 135,902 177,718 209,080 261,350 271,804 339,755 355,436 444,295 522,700 543,608 679,510 710,872 888,590 1,045,400 1,155,167 1,359,020 1,698,775 1,777,180 2,221,475 2,310,334 2,718,040 3,397,550 3,554,360 4,442,950 4,620,668 5,775,835 6,795,100 8,885,900 9,241,336 11,551,670 13,590,200 17,771,800 23,103,340 28,879,175 46,206,680 57,758,350 115,516,700 and 231,033,400, with no remainder.

Since 231,033,400 cannot be divided by just 1 and 231,033,400, 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).