Q: Is 324,341,424 a Composite Number?

Why is 324,341,424 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 324,341,424 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 11 12 16 18 22 24 33 36 44 48 66 72 83 88 99 132 144 166 176 198 249 264 332 396 498 528 664 747 792 913 996 1,328 1,494 1,584 1,826 1,992 2,467 2,739 2,988 3,652 3,984 4,934 5,478 5,976 7,304 7,401 8,217 9,868 10,956 11,952 14,608 14,802 16,434 19,736 21,912 22,203 27,137 29,604 32,868 39,472 43,824 44,406 54,274 59,208 65,736 81,411 88,812 108,548 118,416 131,472 162,822 177,624 204,761 217,096 244,233 325,644 355,248 409,522 434,192 488,466 614,283 651,288 819,044 976,932 1,228,566 1,302,576 1,638,088 1,842,849 1,953,864 2,252,371 2,457,132 3,276,176 3,685,698 3,907,728 4,504,742 4,914,264 6,757,113 7,371,396 9,009,484 9,828,528 13,514,226 14,742,792 18,018,968 20,271,339 27,028,452 29,485,584 36,037,936 40,542,678 54,056,904 81,085,356 108,113,808 162,170,712 and 324,341,424, with no remainder.

Since 324,341,424 cannot be divided by just 1 and 324,341,424, 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).