Q: Is 231,044,320 a Composite Number?

Why is 231,044,320 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 231,044,320 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 13 16 20 26 32 40 52 65 80 104 113 130 160 208 226 260 416 452 520 565 904 983 1,040 1,130 1,469 1,808 1,966 2,080 2,260 2,938 3,616 3,932 4,520 4,915 5,876 7,345 7,864 9,040 9,830 11,752 12,779 14,690 15,728 18,080 19,660 23,504 25,558 29,380 31,456 39,320 47,008 51,116 58,760 63,895 78,640 102,232 111,079 117,520 127,790 157,280 204,464 222,158 235,040 255,580 408,928 444,316 511,160 555,395 888,632 1,022,320 1,110,790 1,444,027 1,777,264 2,044,640 2,221,580 2,888,054 3,554,528 4,443,160 5,776,108 7,220,135 8,886,320 11,552,216 14,440,270 17,772,640 23,104,432 28,880,540 46,208,864 57,761,080 115,522,160 and 231,044,320, with no remainder.

Since 231,044,320 cannot be divided by just 1 and 231,044,320, 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).