Q: Is 214,332,342 a Composite Number?

Why is 214,332,342 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 214,332,342 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 14 21 37 42 74 107 111 214 222 259 321 518 642 749 777 1,289 1,498 1,554 2,247 2,578 3,867 3,959 4,494 7,734 7,918 9,023 11,877 18,046 23,754 27,069 27,713 47,693 54,138 55,426 83,139 95,386 137,923 143,079 166,278 275,846 286,158 333,851 413,769 667,702 827,538 965,461 1,001,553 1,930,922 2,003,106 2,896,383 5,103,151 5,792,766 10,206,302 15,309,453 30,618,906 35,722,057 71,444,114 107,166,171 and 214,332,342, with no remainder.

Since 214,332,342 cannot be divided by just 1 and 214,332,342, 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).