Q: Is 232,131,340 a Composite Number?

Why is 232,131,340 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 232,131,340 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 10 14 20 28 35 37 41 70 74 82 140 148 164 185 205 259 287 370 410 518 574 740 820 1,036 1,093 1,148 1,295 1,435 1,517 2,186 2,590 2,870 3,034 4,372 5,180 5,465 5,740 6,068 7,585 7,651 10,619 10,930 15,170 15,302 21,238 21,860 30,340 30,604 38,255 40,441 42,476 44,813 53,095 76,510 80,882 89,626 106,190 153,020 161,764 179,252 202,205 212,380 224,065 283,087 313,691 404,410 448,130 566,174 627,382 808,820 896,260 1,132,348 1,254,764 1,415,435 1,568,455 1,658,081 2,830,870 3,136,910 3,316,162 5,661,740 6,273,820 6,632,324 8,290,405 11,606,567 16,580,810 23,213,134 33,161,620 46,426,268 58,032,835 116,065,670 and 232,131,340, with no remainder.

Since 232,131,340 cannot be divided by just 1 and 232,131,340, 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).