Q: Is 231,042,042 a Composite Number?

Why is 231,042,042 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 231,042,042 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 9 11 14 18 21 22 33 42 63 66 77 89 99 126 154 178 198 231 267 462 534 623 693 801 979 1,246 1,386 1,602 1,869 1,873 1,958 2,937 3,738 3,746 5,607 5,619 5,874 6,853 8,811 11,214 11,238 13,111 13,706 16,857 17,622 20,559 20,603 26,222 33,714 39,333 41,118 41,206 61,677 61,809 78,666 117,999 123,354 123,618 144,221 166,697 185,427 235,998 288,442 333,394 370,854 432,663 500,091 865,326 1,000,182 1,166,879 1,297,989 1,500,273 1,833,667 2,333,758 2,595,978 3,000,546 3,500,637 3,667,334 5,501,001 7,001,274 10,501,911 11,002,002 12,835,669 16,503,003 21,003,822 25,671,338 33,006,006 38,507,007 77,014,014 115,521,021 and 231,042,042, with no remainder.

Since 231,042,042 cannot be divided by just 1 and 231,042,042, 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).