Q: Is 231,555,216 a Composite Number?

Why is 231,555,216 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 231,555,216 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 24 48 67 89 134 178 201 267 268 356 402 534 536 712 804 809 1,068 1,072 1,424 1,608 1,618 2,136 2,427 3,216 3,236 4,272 4,854 5,963 6,472 9,708 11,926 12,944 17,889 19,416 23,852 35,778 38,832 47,704 54,203 71,556 72,001 95,408 108,406 143,112 144,002 162,609 216,003 216,812 286,224 288,004 325,218 432,006 433,624 576,008 650,436 864,012 867,248 1,152,016 1,300,872 1,728,024 2,601,744 3,456,048 4,824,067 9,648,134 14,472,201 19,296,268 28,944,402 38,592,536 57,888,804 77,185,072 115,777,608 and 231,555,216, with no remainder.

Since 231,555,216 cannot be divided by just 1 and 231,555,216, 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).