Q: Is 231,408,864 a Composite Number?

Why is 231,408,864 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 231,408,864 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 29 32 36 48 58 72 87 96 103 116 144 174 206 232 261 269 288 309 348 412 464 522 538 618 696 807 824 927 928 1,044 1,076 1,236 1,392 1,614 1,648 1,854 2,088 2,152 2,421 2,472 2,784 2,987 3,228 3,296 3,708 4,176 4,304 4,842 4,944 5,974 6,456 7,416 7,801 8,352 8,608 8,961 9,684 9,888 11,948 12,912 14,832 15,602 17,922 19,368 23,403 23,896 25,824 26,883 27,707 29,664 31,204 35,844 38,736 46,806 47,792 53,766 55,414 62,408 70,209 71,688 77,472 83,121 93,612 95,584 107,532 110,828 124,816 140,418 143,376 166,242 187,224 215,064 221,656 249,363 249,632 280,836 286,752 332,484 374,448 430,128 443,312 498,726 561,672 664,968 748,896 803,503 860,256 886,624 997,452 1,123,344 1,329,936 1,607,006 1,994,904 2,246,688 2,410,509 2,659,872 3,214,012 3,989,808 4,821,018 6,428,024 7,231,527 7,979,616 9,642,036 12,856,048 14,463,054 19,284,072 25,712,096 28,926,108 38,568,144 57,852,216 77,136,288 115,704,432 and 231,408,864, with no remainder.

Since 231,408,864 cannot be divided by just 1 and 231,408,864, 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).