Q: Is 238,551,820 a Composite Number?

Why is 238,551,820 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 238,551,820 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 10 13 17 20 26 31 34 52 62 65 68 85 124 130 155 170 221 260 310 340 403 442 527 620 806 884 1,054 1,105 1,612 1,741 2,015 2,108 2,210 2,635 3,482 4,030 4,420 5,270 6,851 6,964 8,060 8,705 10,540 13,702 17,410 22,633 27,404 29,597 34,255 34,820 45,266 53,971 59,194 68,510 90,532 107,942 113,165 118,388 137,020 147,985 215,884 226,330 269,855 295,970 384,761 452,660 539,710 591,940 701,623 769,522 917,507 1,079,420 1,403,246 1,539,044 1,835,014 1,923,805 2,806,492 3,508,115 3,670,028 3,847,610 4,587,535 7,016,230 7,695,220 9,175,070 11,927,591 14,032,460 18,350,140 23,855,182 47,710,364 59,637,955 119,275,910 and 238,551,820, with no remainder.

Since 238,551,820 cannot be divided by just 1 and 238,551,820, 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).