Q: Is 231,343,140 a Composite Number?

Why is 231,343,140 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 231,343,140 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 10 12 14 15 17 20 21 28 30 34 35 42 51 60 68 70 84 85 102 105 119 140 170 204 210 238 255 340 357 420 476 510 595 714 1,020 1,190 1,428 1,785 2,380 3,570 7,140 32,401 64,802 97,203 129,604 162,005 194,406 226,807 324,010 388,812 453,614 486,015 550,817 648,020 680,421 907,228 972,030 1,101,634 1,134,035 1,360,842 1,652,451 1,944,060 2,203,268 2,268,070 2,721,684 2,754,085 3,304,902 3,402,105 3,855,719 4,536,140 5,508,170 6,609,804 6,804,210 7,711,438 8,262,255 11,016,340 11,567,157 13,608,420 15,422,876 16,524,510 19,278,595 23,134,314 33,049,020 38,557,190 46,268,628 57,835,785 77,114,380 115,671,570 and 231,343,140, with no remainder.

Since 231,343,140 cannot be divided by just 1 and 231,343,140, 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).