Q: Is 230,000,004 a Composite Number?

Why is 230,000,004 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 230,000,004 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 13 17 18 26 34 36 39 51 52 68 78 102 117 153 156 204 221 234 306 442 468 612 663 884 1,326 1,989 2,652 3,978 7,956 28,909 57,818 86,727 115,636 173,454 260,181 346,908 375,817 491,453 520,362 751,634 982,906 1,040,724 1,127,451 1,474,359 1,503,268 1,965,812 2,254,902 2,948,718 3,382,353 4,423,077 4,509,804 5,897,436 6,388,889 6,764,706 8,846,154 12,777,778 13,529,412 17,692,308 19,166,667 25,555,556 38,333,334 57,500,001 76,666,668 115,000,002 and 230,000,004, with no remainder.

Since 230,000,004 cannot be divided by just 1 and 230,000,004, 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).