Q: Is 231,552,000 a Composite Number?

Why is 231,552,000 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 231,552,000 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 12 15 16 18 20 24 25 27 30 32 36 40 45 48 50 54 60 64 67 72 75 80 90 96 100 108 120 125 128 134 135 144 150 160 180 192 200 201 216 225 240 250 256 268 270 288 300 320 335 360 375 384 400 402 432 450 480 500 512 536 540 576 600 603 640 670 675 720 750 768 800 804 864 900 960 1,000 1,005 1,024 1,072 1,080 1,125 1,152 1,200 1,206 1,280 1,340 1,350 1,440 1,500 1,536 1,600 1,608 1,675 1,728 1,800 1,809 1,920 2,000 2,010 2,144 2,160 2,250 2,304 2,400 2,412 2,560 2,680 2,700 2,880 3,000 3,015 3,072 3,200 3,216 3,350 3,375 3,456 3,600 3,618 3,840 4,000 4,020 4,288 4,320 4,500 4,608 4,800 4,824 5,025 5,120 5,360 5,400 5,760 6,000 6,030 6,400 6,432 6,700 6,750 6,912 7,200 7,236 7,680 8,000 8,040 8,375 8,576 8,640 9,000 9,045 9,216 9,600 9,648 10,050 10,720 10,800 11,520 12,000 12,060 12,800 12,864 13,400 13,500 13,824 14,400 14,472 15,075 15,360 16,000 16,080 16,750 17,152 17,280 18,000 18,090 19,200 19,296 20,100 21,440 21,600 23,040 24,000 24,120 25,125 25,600 25,728 26,800 27,000 27,648 28,800 28,944 30,150 32,000 32,160 33,500 34,304 34,560 36,000 36,180 38,400 38,592 40,200 42,880 43,200 45,225 46,080 48,000 48,240 50,250 51,456 53,600 54,000 57,600 57,888 60,300 64,000 64,320 67,000 68,608 69,120 72,000 72,360 75,375 76,800 77,184 80,400 85,760 86,400 90,450 96,000 96,480 100,500 102,912 107,200 108,000 115,200 115,776 120,600 128,000 128,640 134,000 138,240 144,000 144,720 150,750 154,368 160,800 171,520 172,800 180,900 192,000 192,960 201,000 205,824 214,400 216,000 226,125 230,400 231,552 241,200 257,280 268,000 288,000 289,440 301,500 308,736 321,600 343,040 345,600 361,800 384,000 385,920 402,000 428,800 432,000 452,250 463,104 482,400 514,560 536,000 576,000 578,880 603,000 617,472 643,200 691,200 723,600 771,840 804,000 857,600 864,000 904,500 926,208 964,800 1,029,120 1,072,000 1,152,000 1,157,760 1,206,000 1,286,400 1,447,200 1,543,680 1,608,000 1,715,200 1,728,000 1,809,000 1,852,416 1,929,600 2,144,000 2,315,520 2,412,000 2,572,800 2,894,400 3,087,360 3,216,000 3,456,000 3,618,000 3,859,200 4,288,000 4,631,040 4,824,000 5,145,600 5,788,800 6,432,000 7,236,000 7,718,400 8,576,000 9,262,080 9,648,000 11,577,600 12,864,000 14,472,000 15,436,800 19,296,000 23,155,200 25,728,000 28,944,000 38,592,000 46,310,400 57,888,000 77,184,000 115,776,000 and 231,552,000, with no remainder.

Since 231,552,000 cannot be divided by just 1 and 231,552,000, 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).