Q: Is 231,241,020 a Composite Number?

Why is 231,241,020 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 231,241,020 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 10 12 15 19 20 30 38 57 60 76 95 114 190 193 228 285 380 386 570 579 772 965 1,051 1,140 1,158 1,930 2,102 2,316 2,895 3,153 3,667 3,860 4,204 5,255 5,790 6,306 7,334 10,510 11,001 11,580 12,612 14,668 15,765 18,335 19,969 21,020 22,002 31,530 36,670 39,938 44,004 55,005 59,907 63,060 73,340 79,876 99,845 110,010 119,814 199,690 202,843 220,020 239,628 299,535 399,380 405,686 599,070 608,529 811,372 1,014,215 1,198,140 1,217,058 2,028,430 2,434,116 3,042,645 3,854,017 4,056,860 6,085,290 7,708,034 11,562,051 12,170,580 15,416,068 19,270,085 23,124,102 38,540,170 46,248,204 57,810,255 77,080,340 115,620,510 and 231,241,020, with no remainder.

Since 231,241,020 cannot be divided by just 1 and 231,241,020, 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).