Q: Is 231,228,192 a Composite Number?

Why is 231,228,192 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 231,228,192 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 13 16 24 26 32 39 41 48 52 78 82 96 104 123 156 164 208 246 312 328 416 492 533 624 656 984 1,066 1,248 1,312 1,599 1,968 2,132 3,198 3,936 4,264 4,519 6,396 8,528 9,038 12,792 13,557 17,056 18,076 25,584 27,114 36,152 51,168 54,228 58,747 72,304 108,456 117,494 144,608 176,241 185,279 216,912 234,988 352,482 370,558 433,824 469,976 555,837 704,964 741,116 939,952 1,111,674 1,409,928 1,482,232 1,879,904 2,223,348 2,408,627 2,819,856 2,964,464 4,446,696 4,817,254 5,639,712 5,928,928 7,225,881 8,893,392 9,634,508 14,451,762 17,786,784 19,269,016 28,903,524 38,538,032 57,807,048 77,076,064 115,614,096 and 231,228,192, with no remainder.

Since 231,228,192 cannot be divided by just 1 and 231,228,192, 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).