Q: Is 311,240,232 a Composite Number?

Why is 311,240,232 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 311,240,232 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 23 24 27 36 46 54 69 72 81 92 108 138 162 184 207 216 243 276 324 414 486 552 621 648 828 972 1,242 1,656 1,863 1,944 2,484 3,726 4,968 5,589 6,961 7,452 11,178 13,922 14,904 20,883 22,356 27,844 41,766 44,712 55,688 62,649 83,532 125,298 160,103 167,064 187,947 250,596 320,206 375,894 480,309 501,192 563,841 640,412 751,788 960,618 1,127,682 1,280,824 1,440,927 1,503,576 1,691,523 1,921,236 2,255,364 2,881,854 3,383,046 3,842,472 4,322,781 4,510,728 5,763,708 6,766,092 8,645,562 11,527,416 12,968,343 13,532,184 17,291,124 25,936,686 34,582,248 38,905,029 51,873,372 77,810,058 103,746,744 155,620,116 and 311,240,232, with no remainder.

Since 311,240,232 cannot be divided by just 1 and 311,240,232, 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).