Q: Is 233,455,040 a Composite Number?

Why is 233,455,040 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 233,455,040 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 8 10 13 14 16 20 26 28 32 35 40 52 56 64 65 70 80 91 104 112 130 140 160 182 208 224 260 280 320 364 416 448 455 520 560 728 832 910 1,040 1,120 1,456 1,820 2,080 2,240 2,912 3,640 4,160 5,824 7,280 8,017 14,560 16,034 29,120 32,068 40,085 56,119 64,136 80,170 104,221 112,238 128,272 160,340 208,442 224,476 256,544 280,595 320,680 416,884 448,952 513,088 521,105 561,190 641,360 729,547 833,768 897,904 1,042,210 1,122,380 1,282,720 1,459,094 1,667,536 1,795,808 2,084,420 2,244,760 2,565,440 2,918,188 3,335,072 3,591,616 3,647,735 4,168,840 4,489,520 5,836,376 6,670,144 7,295,470 8,337,680 8,979,040 11,672,752 14,590,940 16,675,360 17,958,080 23,345,504 29,181,880 33,350,720 46,691,008 58,363,760 116,727,520 and 233,455,040, with no remainder.

Since 233,455,040 cannot be divided by just 1 and 233,455,040, 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).