Q: Is 231,546,120 a Composite Number?

Why is 231,546,120 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 231,546,120 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 13 15 17 20 24 26 30 34 39 40 51 52 60 65 68 78 85 102 104 120 130 136 156 170 195 204 221 255 260 312 340 390 408 442 510 520 663 680 780 884 1,020 1,105 1,326 1,560 1,768 2,040 2,210 2,652 3,315 4,420 5,304 6,630 8,731 8,840 13,260 17,462 26,193 26,520 34,924 43,655 52,386 69,848 87,310 104,772 113,503 130,965 148,427 174,620 209,544 227,006 261,930 296,854 340,509 349,240 445,281 454,012 523,860 567,515 593,708 681,018 742,135 890,562 908,024 1,047,720 1,135,030 1,187,416 1,362,036 1,484,270 1,702,545 1,781,124 1,929,551 2,226,405 2,270,060 2,724,072 2,968,540 3,405,090 3,562,248 3,859,102 4,452,810 4,540,120 5,788,653 5,937,080 6,810,180 7,718,204 8,905,620 9,647,755 11,577,306 13,620,360 15,436,408 17,811,240 19,295,510 23,154,612 28,943,265 38,591,020 46,309,224 57,886,530 77,182,040 115,773,060 and 231,546,120, with no remainder.

Since 231,546,120 cannot be divided by just 1 and 231,546,120, 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).