Q: Is 320,312,232 a Composite Number?

Why is 320,312,232 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 320,312,232 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 17 18 24 27 34 36 51 54 68 72 81 102 108 136 153 162 204 216 306 324 408 459 612 648 918 1,224 1,377 1,836 2,754 3,672 5,508 11,016 29,077 58,154 87,231 116,308 174,462 232,616 261,693 348,924 494,309 523,386 697,848 785,079 988,618 1,046,772 1,482,927 1,570,158 1,977,236 2,093,544 2,355,237 2,965,854 3,140,316 3,954,472 4,448,781 4,710,474 5,931,708 6,280,632 8,897,562 9,420,948 11,863,416 13,346,343 17,795,124 18,841,896 26,692,686 35,590,248 40,039,029 53,385,372 80,078,058 106,770,744 160,156,116 and 320,312,232, with no remainder.

Since 320,312,232 cannot be divided by just 1 and 320,312,232, 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).