Q: Is 232,121,304 a Composite Number?

Why is 232,121,304 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 232,121,304 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 24 31 36 62 72 93 124 186 248 279 372 558 744 1,116 2,232 103,997 207,994 311,991 415,988 623,982 831,976 935,973 1,247,964 1,871,946 2,495,928 3,223,907 3,743,892 6,447,814 7,487,784 9,671,721 12,895,628 19,343,442 25,791,256 29,015,163 38,686,884 58,030,326 77,373,768 116,060,652 and 232,121,304, with no remainder.

Since 232,121,304 cannot be divided by just 1 and 232,121,304, 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).