Q: Is 235,525,004 a Composite Number?

Why is 235,525,004 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 235,525,004 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 11 13 17 22 26 34 44 52 53 68 106 143 187 212 221 286 374 442 457 572 583 689 748 884 901 914 1,166 1,378 1,802 1,828 2,332 2,431 2,756 3,604 4,862 5,027 5,941 7,579 7,769 9,724 9,911 10,054 11,713 11,882 15,158 15,538 19,822 20,108 23,426 23,764 24,221 30,316 31,076 39,644 46,852 48,442 65,351 85,459 96,884 100,997 128,843 130,702 170,918 201,994 257,686 261,404 266,431 314,873 341,836 403,988 411,757 515,372 532,862 629,746 823,514 1,065,724 1,110,967 1,259,492 1,647,028 2,221,934 3,463,603 4,443,868 4,529,327 5,352,841 6,927,206 9,058,654 10,705,682 13,854,412 18,117,308 21,411,364 58,881,251 117,762,502 and 235,525,004, with no remainder.

Since 235,525,004 cannot be divided by just 1 and 235,525,004, 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).