Q: Is 231,232,000 a Composite Number?

Why is 231,232,000 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 231,232,000 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 16 20 25 32 40 50 64 80 100 125 128 160 200 250 256 320 400 500 512 640 800 1,000 1,280 1,600 2,000 2,560 3,200 3,613 4,000 6,400 7,226 8,000 12,800 14,452 16,000 18,065 28,904 32,000 36,130 57,808 64,000 72,260 90,325 115,616 144,520 180,650 231,232 289,040 361,300 451,625 462,464 578,080 722,600 903,250 924,928 1,156,160 1,445,200 1,806,500 1,849,856 2,312,320 2,890,400 3,613,000 4,624,640 5,780,800 7,226,000 9,249,280 11,561,600 14,452,000 23,123,200 28,904,000 46,246,400 57,808,000 115,616,000 and 231,232,000, with no remainder.

Since 231,232,000 cannot be divided by just 1 and 231,232,000, 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).