Q: Is 231,118,356 a Composite Number?

Why is 231,118,356 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 231,118,356 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 12 14 19 21 28 38 42 57 76 84 114 133 179 228 266 358 399 532 537 716 798 809 1,074 1,253 1,596 1,618 2,148 2,427 2,506 3,236 3,401 3,759 4,854 5,012 5,663 6,802 7,518 9,708 10,203 11,326 13,604 15,036 15,371 16,989 20,406 22,652 23,807 30,742 33,978 40,812 46,113 47,614 61,484 67,956 71,421 92,226 95,228 107,597 142,842 144,811 184,452 215,194 285,684 289,622 322,791 430,388 434,433 579,244 645,582 868,866 1,013,677 1,291,164 1,737,732 2,027,354 2,751,409 3,041,031 4,054,708 5,502,818 6,082,062 8,254,227 11,005,636 12,164,124 16,508,454 19,259,863 33,016,908 38,519,726 57,779,589 77,039,452 115,559,178 and 231,118,356, with no remainder.

Since 231,118,356 cannot be divided by just 1 and 231,118,356, 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).