Q: Is 231,402,300 a Composite Number?

Why is 231,402,300 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 231,402,300 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 10 12 15 17 20 25 30 34 50 51 60 68 75 85 100 102 150 157 170 204 255 289 300 314 340 425 471 510 578 628 785 850 867 942 1,020 1,156 1,275 1,445 1,570 1,700 1,734 1,884 2,355 2,550 2,669 2,890 3,140 3,468 3,925 4,335 4,710 4,913 5,100 5,338 5,780 7,225 7,850 8,007 8,670 9,420 9,826 10,676 11,775 13,345 14,450 14,739 15,700 16,014 17,340 19,652 21,675 23,550 24,565 26,690 28,900 29,478 32,028 40,035 43,350 45,373 47,100 49,130 53,380 58,956 66,725 73,695 80,070 86,700 90,746 98,260 122,825 133,450 136,119 147,390 160,140 181,492 200,175 226,865 245,650 266,900 272,238 294,780 368,475 400,350 453,730 491,300 544,476 680,595 736,950 771,341 800,700 907,460 1,134,325 1,361,190 1,473,900 1,542,682 2,268,650 2,314,023 2,722,380 3,085,364 3,402,975 3,856,705 4,537,300 4,628,046 6,805,950 7,713,410 9,256,092 11,570,115 13,611,900 15,426,820 19,283,525 23,140,230 38,567,050 46,280,460 57,850,575 77,134,100 115,701,150 and 231,402,300, with no remainder.

Since 231,402,300 cannot be divided by just 1 and 231,402,300, 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).