Q: Is 231,782,330 a Composite Number?

Why is 231,782,330 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 231,782,330 can be evenly divided by 1 2 5 10 13 19 26 38 65 95 107 130 190 214 247 494 535 877 1,070 1,235 1,391 1,754 2,033 2,470 2,782 4,066 4,385 6,955 8,770 10,165 11,401 13,910 16,663 20,330 22,802 26,429 33,326 52,858 57,005 83,315 93,839 114,010 132,145 166,630 187,678 216,619 264,290 433,238 469,195 938,390 1,083,095 1,219,907 1,782,941 2,166,190 2,439,814 3,565,882 6,099,535 8,914,705 12,199,070 17,829,410 23,178,233 46,356,466 115,891,165 and 231,782,330, with no remainder.

Since 231,782,330 cannot be divided by just 1 and 231,782,330, 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).