Q: Is 231,248,535 a Composite Number?

Why is 231,248,535 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 231,248,535 can be evenly divided by 1 3 5 7 15 17 21 35 51 85 105 119 255 353 357 367 595 1,059 1,101 1,765 1,785 1,835 2,471 2,569 5,295 5,505 6,001 6,239 7,413 7,707 12,355 12,845 18,003 18,717 30,005 31,195 37,065 38,535 42,007 43,673 90,015 93,585 126,021 129,551 131,019 210,035 218,365 388,653 630,105 647,755 655,095 906,857 1,943,265 2,202,367 2,720,571 4,534,285 6,607,101 11,011,835 13,602,855 15,416,569 33,035,505 46,249,707 77,082,845 and 231,248,535, with no remainder.

Since 231,248,535 cannot be divided by just 1 and 231,248,535, 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).