Q: Is 238,716,380 a Composite Number?

Why is 238,716,380 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 238,716,380 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 10 14 17 19 20 28 34 35 38 68 70 76 85 95 119 133 140 170 190 238 266 323 340 380 476 532 595 646 665 1,190 1,292 1,330 1,615 2,261 2,380 2,660 3,230 4,522 5,279 6,460 9,044 10,558 11,305 21,116 22,610 26,395 36,953 45,220 52,790 73,906 89,743 100,301 105,580 147,812 179,486 184,765 200,602 358,972 369,530 401,204 448,715 501,505 628,201 702,107 739,060 897,430 1,003,010 1,256,402 1,404,214 1,705,117 1,794,860 2,006,020 2,512,804 2,808,428 3,141,005 3,410,234 3,510,535 6,282,010 6,820,468 7,021,070 8,525,585 11,935,819 12,564,020 14,042,140 17,051,170 23,871,638 34,102,340 47,743,276 59,679,095 119,358,190 and 238,716,380, with no remainder.

Since 238,716,380 cannot be divided by just 1 and 238,716,380, 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).