Q: Is 231,422,040 a Composite Number?

Why is 231,422,040 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 231,422,040 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 12 15 18 20 24 30 36 40 41 45 60 72 82 90 120 123 164 180 205 246 328 360 369 410 492 615 738 820 984 1,230 1,476 1,640 1,845 2,460 2,952 3,690 4,920 7,380 14,760 15,679 31,358 47,037 62,716 78,395 94,074 125,432 141,111 156,790 188,148 235,185 282,222 313,580 376,296 470,370 564,444 627,160 642,839 705,555 940,740 1,128,888 1,285,678 1,411,110 1,881,480 1,928,517 2,571,356 2,822,220 3,214,195 3,857,034 5,142,712 5,644,440 5,785,551 6,428,390 7,714,068 9,642,585 11,571,102 12,856,780 15,428,136 19,285,170 23,142,204 25,713,560 28,927,755 38,570,340 46,284,408 57,855,510 77,140,680 115,711,020 and 231,422,040, with no remainder.

Since 231,422,040 cannot be divided by just 1 and 231,422,040, 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).