Q: Is 236,340,342 a Composite Number?

Why is 236,340,342 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 236,340,342 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 9 14 18 21 27 31 42 54 62 63 81 83 93 126 162 166 186 189 217 243 249 279 378 434 486 498 558 567 581 651 729 747 837 1,134 1,162 1,302 1,458 1,494 1,674 1,701 1,743 1,953 2,187 2,241 2,511 2,573 3,402 3,486 3,906 4,374 4,482 5,022 5,103 5,146 5,229 5,859 6,561 6,723 7,533 7,719 10,206 10,458 11,718 13,122 13,446 15,066 15,309 15,438 15,687 17,577 18,011 20,169 22,599 23,157 30,618 31,374 35,154 36,022 40,338 45,198 45,927 46,314 47,061 52,731 54,033 60,507 67,797 69,471 91,854 94,122 105,462 108,066 121,014 135,594 138,942 141,183 158,193 162,099 181,521 203,391 208,413 282,366 316,386 324,198 363,042 406,782 416,826 423,549 474,579 486,297 544,563 625,239 847,098 949,158 972,594 1,089,126 1,250,478 1,270,647 1,423,737 1,458,891 1,875,717 2,541,294 2,847,474 2,917,782 3,751,434 3,811,941 4,376,673 5,627,151 7,623,882 8,753,346 11,254,302 13,130,019 16,881,453 26,260,038 33,762,906 39,390,057 78,780,114 118,170,171 and 236,340,342, with no remainder.

Since 236,340,342 cannot be divided by just 1 and 236,340,342, 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).