Q: Is 310,323,132 a Composite Number?

Why is 310,323,132 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 310,323,132 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 9 12 14 18 21 28 36 42 63 84 126 252 419 838 1,257 1,676 2,514 2,933 2,939 3,771 5,028 5,866 5,878 7,542 8,799 8,817 11,732 11,756 15,084 17,598 17,634 20,573 26,397 26,451 35,196 35,268 41,146 52,794 52,902 61,719 82,292 105,588 105,804 123,438 185,157 246,876 370,314 740,628 1,231,441 2,462,882 3,694,323 4,925,764 7,388,646 8,620,087 11,082,969 14,777,292 17,240,174 22,165,938 25,860,261 34,480,348 44,331,876 51,720,522 77,580,783 103,441,044 155,161,566 and 310,323,132, with no remainder.

Since 310,323,132 cannot be divided by just 1 and 310,323,132, 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).