Q: Is 231,523,512 a Composite Number?

Why is 231,523,512 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 231,523,512 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 11 12 19 22 24 33 38 44 57 66 76 88 101 114 132 152 202 209 228 264 303 404 418 456 457 606 627 808 836 914 1,111 1,212 1,254 1,371 1,672 1,828 1,919 2,222 2,424 2,508 2,742 3,333 3,656 3,838 4,444 5,016 5,027 5,484 5,757 6,666 7,676 8,683 8,888 10,054 10,968 11,514 13,332 15,081 15,352 17,366 20,108 21,109 23,028 26,049 26,664 30,162 34,732 40,216 42,218 46,056 46,157 52,098 60,324 63,327 69,464 84,436 92,314 95,513 104,196 120,648 126,654 138,471 168,872 184,628 191,026 208,392 253,308 276,942 286,539 369,256 382,052 506,616 507,727 553,884 573,078 764,104 876,983 1,015,454 1,107,768 1,146,156 1,523,181 1,753,966 2,030,908 2,292,312 2,630,949 3,046,362 3,507,932 4,061,816 5,261,898 6,092,724 7,015,864 9,646,813 10,523,796 12,185,448 19,293,626 21,047,592 28,940,439 38,587,252 57,880,878 77,174,504 115,761,756 and 231,523,512, with no remainder.

Since 231,523,512 cannot be divided by just 1 and 231,523,512, 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).