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

Why is 231,340,320 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 231,340,320 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 12 15 16 18 20 24 27 30 32 36 40 45 48 54 60 72 80 90 96 108 120 135 144 160 180 216 240 270 288 360 432 480 540 720 864 1,080 1,440 2,160 4,320 53,551 107,102 160,653 214,204 267,755 321,306 428,408 481,959 535,510 642,612 803,265 856,816 963,918 1,071,020 1,285,224 1,445,877 1,606,530 1,713,632 1,927,836 2,142,040 2,409,795 2,570,448 2,891,754 3,213,060 3,855,672 4,284,080 4,819,590 5,140,896 5,783,508 6,426,120 7,229,385 7,711,344 8,568,160 9,639,180 11,567,016 12,852,240 14,458,770 15,422,688 19,278,360 23,134,032 25,704,480 28,917,540 38,556,720 46,268,064 57,835,080 77,113,440 115,670,160 and 231,340,320, with no remainder.

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