Q: Is 231,132,330 a Composite Number?

Why is 231,132,330 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 231,132,330 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 5 6 9 10 11 13 15 18 22 26 30 33 39 45 55 65 66 78 90 99 110 117 130 143 165 195 198 234 286 330 390 429 495 585 715 858 990 1,170 1,287 1,430 2,145 2,574 4,290 6,435 12,870 17,959 35,918 53,877 89,795 107,754 161,631 179,590 197,549 233,467 269,385 323,262 395,098 466,934 538,770 592,647 700,401 808,155 987,745 1,167,335 1,185,294 1,400,802 1,616,310 1,777,941 1,975,490 2,101,203 2,334,670 2,568,137 2,963,235 3,502,005 3,555,882 4,202,406 5,136,274 5,926,470 7,004,010 7,704,411 8,889,705 10,506,015 12,840,685 15,408,822 17,779,410 21,012,030 23,113,233 25,681,370 38,522,055 46,226,466 77,044,110 115,566,165 and 231,132,330, with no remainder.

Since 231,132,330 cannot be divided by just 1 and 231,132,330, 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).