Q: Is 231,320,340 a Composite Number?

Why is 231,320,340 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 231,320,340 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 12 15 18 20 27 30 36 45 54 60 90 108 127 135 180 254 270 381 508 540 635 762 1,143 1,270 1,524 1,905 2,286 2,540 3,373 3,429 3,810 4,572 5,715 6,746 6,858 7,620 10,119 11,430 13,492 13,716 16,865 17,145 20,238 22,860 30,357 33,730 34,290 40,476 50,595 60,714 67,460 68,580 91,071 101,190 121,428 151,785 182,142 202,380 303,570 364,284 428,371 455,355 607,140 856,742 910,710 1,285,113 1,713,484 1,821,420 2,141,855 2,570,226 3,855,339 4,283,710 5,140,452 6,425,565 7,710,678 8,567,420 11,566,017 12,851,130 15,421,356 19,276,695 23,132,034 25,702,260 38,553,390 46,264,068 57,830,085 77,106,780 115,660,170 and 231,320,340, with no remainder.

Since 231,320,340 cannot be divided by just 1 and 231,320,340, 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).