Q: Is 231,660,240 a Composite Number?

Why is 231,660,240 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 231,660,240 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 12 14 15 16 20 21 24 28 30 35 40 42 48 49 56 60 70 80 84 98 105 112 120 140 147 168 196 210 240 245 280 294 336 392 420 490 560 588 735 784 840 980 1,176 1,470 1,680 1,960 2,352 2,940 3,920 5,880 11,760 19,699 39,398 59,097 78,796 98,495 118,194 137,893 157,592 196,990 236,388 275,786 295,485 315,184 393,980 413,679 472,776 551,572 590,970 689,465 787,960 827,358 945,552 965,251 1,103,144 1,181,940 1,378,930 1,575,920 1,654,716 1,930,502 2,068,395 2,206,288 2,363,880 2,757,860 2,895,753 3,309,432 3,861,004 4,136,790 4,727,760 4,826,255 5,515,720 5,791,506 6,618,864 7,722,008 8,273,580 9,652,510 11,031,440 11,583,012 14,478,765 15,444,016 16,547,160 19,305,020 23,166,024 28,957,530 33,094,320 38,610,040 46,332,048 57,915,060 77,220,080 115,830,120 and 231,660,240, with no remainder.

Since 231,660,240 cannot be divided by just 1 and 231,660,240, 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).