Q: Is 232,806,720 a Composite Number?

Why is 232,806,720 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 232,806,720 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 24 30 32 40 48 60 64 80 96 120 160 192 197 240 320 394 480 591 788 960 985 1,182 1,231 1,576 1,970 2,364 2,462 2,955 3,152 3,693 3,940 4,728 4,924 5,910 6,155 6,304 7,386 7,880 9,456 9,848 11,820 12,310 12,608 14,772 15,760 18,465 18,912 19,696 23,640 24,620 29,544 31,520 36,930 37,824 39,392 47,280 49,240 59,088 63,040 73,860 78,784 94,560 98,480 118,176 147,720 189,120 196,960 236,352 242,507 295,440 393,920 485,014 590,880 727,521 970,028 1,181,760 1,212,535 1,455,042 1,940,056 2,425,070 2,910,084 3,637,605 3,880,112 4,850,140 5,820,168 7,275,210 7,760,224 9,700,280 11,640,336 14,550,420 15,520,448 19,400,560 23,280,672 29,100,840 38,801,120 46,561,344 58,201,680 77,602,240 116,403,360 and 232,806,720, with no remainder.

Since 232,806,720 cannot be divided by just 1 and 232,806,720, 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).