Q: Is 232,243,011 a Composite Number?

Why is 232,243,011 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 232,243,011 can be evenly divided by 1 3 7 9 11 13 21 27 33 39 63 77 91 99 117 143 169 189 231 273 297 351 429 507 661 693 819 1,001 1,183 1,287 1,521 1,859 1,983 2,079 2,457 3,003 3,549 3,861 4,563 4,627 5,577 5,949 7,271 8,593 9,009 10,647 13,013 13,881 16,731 17,847 21,813 25,779 27,027 31,941 39,039 41,643 50,193 50,897 60,151 65,439 77,337 94,523 111,709 117,117 124,929 152,691 180,453 196,317 232,011 283,569 335,127 351,351 458,073 541,359 661,661 781,963 850,707 1,005,381 1,228,799 1,374,219 1,624,077 1,984,983 2,345,889 2,552,121 3,016,143 3,686,397 5,954,949 7,037,667 8,601,593 11,059,191 17,864,847 21,113,001 25,804,779 33,177,573 77,414,337 and 232,243,011, with no remainder.

Since 232,243,011 cannot be divided by just 1 and 232,243,011, 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).