Q: Is 231,332,160 a Composite Number?

Why is 231,332,160 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 231,332,160 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 23 24 30 32 40 46 48 60 64 69 80 92 96 115 120 138 160 184 192 230 240 276 320 345 368 460 480 552 690 736 920 960 1,104 1,380 1,472 1,840 2,208 2,760 3,680 4,416 5,520 7,360 10,477 11,040 20,954 22,080 31,431 41,908 52,385 62,862 83,816 104,770 125,724 157,155 167,632 209,540 240,971 251,448 314,310 335,264 419,080 481,942 502,896 628,620 670,528 722,913 838,160 963,884 1,005,792 1,204,855 1,257,240 1,445,826 1,676,320 1,927,768 2,011,584 2,409,710 2,514,480 2,891,652 3,352,640 3,614,565 3,855,536 4,819,420 5,028,960 5,783,304 7,229,130 7,711,072 9,638,840 10,057,920 11,566,608 14,458,260 15,422,144 19,277,680 23,133,216 28,916,520 38,555,360 46,266,432 57,833,040 77,110,720 115,666,080 and 231,332,160, with no remainder.

Since 231,332,160 cannot be divided by just 1 and 231,332,160, 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).