Q: Is 235,550,028 a Composite Number?

Why is 235,550,028 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 235,550,028 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 12 14 17 21 28 31 34 42 51 62 68 84 93 102 119 124 186 204 217 238 289 313 357 372 434 476 527 578 626 651 714 867 868 939 1,054 1,156 1,252 1,302 1,428 1,581 1,734 1,878 2,023 2,108 2,191 2,604 3,162 3,468 3,689 3,756 4,046 4,382 5,321 6,069 6,324 6,573 7,378 8,092 8,764 8,959 9,703 10,642 11,067 12,138 13,146 14,756 15,963 17,918 19,406 21,284 22,134 24,276 26,292 26,877 29,109 31,926 35,836 37,247 38,812 44,268 53,754 58,218 62,713 63,852 67,921 74,494 90,457 107,508 111,741 116,436 125,426 135,842 148,988 164,951 180,914 188,139 203,763 223,482 250,852 271,371 271,684 329,902 361,828 376,278 407,526 446,964 494,853 542,742 633,199 659,804 752,556 815,052 989,706 1,085,484 1,154,657 1,266,398 1,899,597 1,979,412 2,309,314 2,532,796 2,804,167 3,463,971 3,799,194 4,618,628 5,608,334 6,927,942 7,598,388 8,412,501 11,216,668 13,855,884 16,825,002 19,629,169 33,650,004 39,258,338 58,887,507 78,516,676 117,775,014 and 235,550,028, with no remainder.

Since 235,550,028 cannot be divided by just 1 and 235,550,028, 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).