Q: Is 231,504,240 a Composite Number?

Why is 231,504,240 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 231,504,240 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 11 12 15 16 20 22 24 30 33 40 44 48 55 60 66 80 88 110 120 132 165 176 220 240 264 330 440 528 660 880 1,320 2,640 87,691 175,382 263,073 350,764 438,455 526,146 701,528 876,910 964,601 1,052,292 1,315,365 1,403,056 1,753,820 1,929,202 2,104,584 2,630,730 2,893,803 3,507,640 3,858,404 4,209,168 4,823,005 5,261,460 5,787,606 7,015,280 7,716,808 9,646,010 10,522,920 11,575,212 14,469,015 15,433,616 19,292,020 21,045,840 23,150,424 28,938,030 38,584,040 46,300,848 57,876,060 77,168,080 115,752,120 and 231,504,240, with no remainder.

Since 231,504,240 cannot be divided by just 1 and 231,504,240, 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).