Q: Is 231,101,208 a Composite Number?

Why is 231,101,208 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 231,101,208 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 13 18 24 26 27 36 39 52 54 72 78 104 108 117 156 216 234 312 351 468 702 936 1,404 2,808 82,301 164,602 246,903 329,204 493,806 658,408 740,709 987,612 1,069,913 1,481,418 1,975,224 2,139,826 2,222,127 2,962,836 3,209,739 4,279,652 4,444,254 5,925,672 6,419,478 8,559,304 8,888,508 9,629,217 12,838,956 17,777,016 19,258,434 25,677,912 28,887,651 38,516,868 57,775,302 77,033,736 115,550,604 and 231,101,208, with no remainder.

Since 231,101,208 cannot be divided by just 1 and 231,101,208, 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).