Q: Is 231,043,372 a Composite Number?

Why is 231,043,372 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 231,043,372 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 14 23 28 31 46 62 71 92 124 142 161 163 217 284 322 326 434 497 644 652 713 868 994 1,141 1,426 1,633 1,988 2,201 2,282 2,852 3,266 3,749 4,402 4,564 4,991 5,053 6,532 7,498 8,804 9,982 10,106 11,431 11,573 14,996 15,407 19,964 20,212 22,862 23,146 26,243 30,814 35,371 45,724 46,292 50,623 52,486 61,628 70,742 81,011 101,246 104,972 116,219 141,484 162,022 202,492 232,438 266,179 324,044 354,361 358,763 464,876 532,358 708,722 717,526 813,533 1,064,716 1,417,444 1,435,052 1,627,066 1,863,253 2,511,341 3,254,132 3,726,506 5,022,682 7,453,012 8,251,549 10,045,364 16,503,098 33,006,196 57,760,843 115,521,686 and 231,043,372, with no remainder.

Since 231,043,372 cannot be divided by just 1 and 231,043,372, 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).