Q: Is 231,462,220 a Composite Number?

Why is 231,462,220 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 231,462,220 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 10 11 20 22 41 44 55 67 82 110 134 164 205 220 268 335 383 410 451 670 737 766 820 902 1,340 1,474 1,532 1,804 1,915 2,255 2,747 2,948 3,685 3,830 4,213 4,510 5,494 7,370 7,660 8,426 9,020 10,988 13,735 14,740 15,703 16,852 21,065 25,661 27,470 30,217 31,406 42,130 51,322 54,940 60,434 62,812 78,515 84,260 102,644 120,868 128,305 151,085 157,030 172,733 256,610 282,271 302,170 314,060 345,466 513,220 564,542 604,340 690,932 863,665 1,052,101 1,129,084 1,411,355 1,727,330 2,104,202 2,822,710 3,454,660 4,208,404 5,260,505 5,645,420 10,521,010 11,573,111 21,042,020 23,146,222 46,292,444 57,865,555 115,731,110 and 231,462,220, with no remainder.

Since 231,462,220 cannot be divided by just 1 and 231,462,220, 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).