Q: Is 231,300,000 a Composite Number?

Why is 231,300,000 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 231,300,000 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 12 15 16 18 20 24 25 30 32 36 40 45 48 50 60 72 75 80 90 96 100 120 125 144 150 160 180 200 225 240 250 257 288 300 360 375 400 450 480 500 514 600 625 720 750 771 800 900 1,000 1,028 1,125 1,200 1,250 1,285 1,440 1,500 1,542 1,800 1,875 2,000 2,056 2,250 2,313 2,400 2,500 2,570 3,000 3,084 3,125 3,600 3,750 3,855 4,000 4,112 4,500 4,626 5,000 5,140 5,625 6,000 6,168 6,250 6,425 7,200 7,500 7,710 8,224 9,000 9,252 9,375 10,000 10,280 11,250 11,565 12,000 12,336 12,500 12,850 15,000 15,420 18,000 18,504 18,750 19,275 20,000 20,560 22,500 23,130 24,672 25,000 25,700 28,125 30,000 30,840 32,125 36,000 37,008 37,500 38,550 41,120 45,000 46,260 50,000 51,400 56,250 57,825 60,000 61,680 64,250 74,016 75,000 77,100 90,000 92,520 96,375 100,000 102,800 112,500 115,650 123,360 128,500 150,000 154,200 160,625 180,000 185,040 192,750 205,600 225,000 231,300 257,000 289,125 300,000 308,400 321,250 370,080 385,500 450,000 462,600 481,875 514,000 578,250 616,800 642,500 771,000 803,125 900,000 925,200 963,750 1,028,000 1,156,500 1,285,000 1,445,625 1,542,000 1,606,250 1,850,400 1,927,500 2,313,000 2,409,375 2,570,000 2,891,250 3,084,000 3,212,500 3,855,000 4,626,000 4,818,750 5,140,000 5,782,500 6,425,000 7,228,125 7,710,000 9,252,000 9,637,500 11,565,000 12,850,000 14,456,250 15,420,000 19,275,000 23,130,000 25,700,000 28,912,500 38,550,000 46,260,000 57,825,000 77,100,000 115,650,000 and 231,300,000, with no remainder.

Since 231,300,000 cannot be divided by just 1 and 231,300,000, 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).