Q: Is 232,140,012 a Composite Number?

Why is 232,140,012 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 232,140,012 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 12 13 23 26 29 39 46 52 58 69 78 87 92 97 116 138 156 174 194 276 291 299 348 377 388 529 582 598 667 754 897 1,058 1,131 1,164 1,196 1,261 1,334 1,508 1,587 1,794 2,001 2,116 2,231 2,262 2,522 2,668 2,813 3,174 3,588 3,783 4,002 4,462 4,524 5,044 5,626 6,348 6,693 6,877 7,566 8,004 8,439 8,671 8,924 11,252 13,386 13,754 15,132 15,341 16,878 17,342 20,631 26,013 26,772 27,508 29,003 30,682 33,756 34,684 36,569 41,262 46,023 51,313 52,026 58,006 61,364 64,699 73,138 82,524 87,009 92,046 102,626 104,052 109,707 116,012 129,398 146,276 153,939 174,018 184,092 194,097 199,433 205,252 219,414 258,796 307,878 348,036 388,194 398,866 438,828 598,299 615,756 667,069 776,388 797,732 841,087 1,196,598 1,334,138 1,488,077 1,682,174 2,001,207 2,393,196 2,523,261 2,668,276 2,976,154 3,364,348 4,002,414 4,464,231 5,046,522 5,952,308 8,004,828 8,928,462 10,093,044 17,856,924 19,345,001 38,690,002 58,035,003 77,380,004 116,070,006 and 232,140,012, with no remainder.

Since 232,140,012 cannot be divided by just 1 and 232,140,012, 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).