Q: Is 231,310,404 a Composite Number?

Why is 231,310,404 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 231,310,404 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 13 18 26 27 36 39 52 54 78 81 108 117 156 162 234 324 351 468 702 1,053 1,404 2,106 4,212 54,917 109,834 164,751 219,668 329,502 494,253 659,004 713,921 988,506 1,427,842 1,482,759 1,977,012 2,141,763 2,855,684 2,965,518 4,283,526 4,448,277 5,931,036 6,425,289 8,567,052 8,896,554 12,850,578 17,793,108 19,275,867 25,701,156 38,551,734 57,827,601 77,103,468 115,655,202 and 231,310,404, with no remainder.

Since 231,310,404 cannot be divided by just 1 and 231,310,404, 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).