Q: Is 231,343,020 a Composite Number?

Why is 231,343,020 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 231,343,020 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 12 15 18 20 27 30 36 45 54 60 90 108 135 180 191 270 382 540 573 764 955 1,146 1,719 1,910 2,243 2,292 2,865 3,438 3,820 4,486 5,157 5,730 6,729 6,876 8,595 8,972 10,314 11,215 11,460 13,458 17,190 20,187 20,628 22,430 25,785 26,916 33,645 34,380 40,374 44,860 51,570 60,561 67,290 80,748 100,935 103,140 121,122 134,580 201,870 242,244 302,805 403,740 428,413 605,610 856,826 1,211,220 1,285,239 1,713,652 2,142,065 2,570,478 3,855,717 4,284,130 5,140,956 6,426,195 7,711,434 8,568,260 11,567,151 12,852,390 15,422,868 19,278,585 23,134,302 25,704,780 38,557,170 46,268,604 57,835,755 77,114,340 115,671,510 and 231,343,020, with no remainder.

Since 231,343,020 cannot be divided by just 1 and 231,343,020, 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).