Q: Is 324,412,704 a Composite Number?

Why is 324,412,704 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 324,412,704 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 11 12 14 16 18 21 22 24 28 32 33 36 42 44 48 56 63 66 72 77 84 88 96 99 112 126 132 144 154 168 176 198 224 231 252 264 288 308 336 352 396 462 504 528 616 672 693 792 924 1,008 1,056 1,232 1,386 1,584 1,848 2,016 2,464 2,772 3,168 3,696 5,544 7,392 11,088 14,629 22,176 29,258 43,887 58,516 87,774 102,403 117,032 131,661 160,919 175,548 204,806 234,064 263,322 307,209 321,838 351,096 409,612 468,128 482,757 526,644 614,418 643,676 702,192 819,224 921,627 965,514 1,053,288 1,126,433 1,228,836 1,287,352 1,404,384 1,448,271 1,638,448 1,843,254 1,931,028 2,106,576 2,252,866 2,457,672 2,574,704 2,896,542 3,276,896 3,379,299 3,686,508 3,862,056 4,213,152 4,505,732 4,915,344 5,149,408 5,793,084 6,758,598 7,373,016 7,724,112 9,011,464 9,830,688 10,137,897 11,586,168 13,517,196 14,746,032 15,448,224 18,022,928 20,275,794 23,172,336 27,034,392 29,492,064 36,045,856 40,551,588 46,344,672 54,068,784 81,103,176 108,137,568 162,206,352 and 324,412,704, with no remainder.

Since 324,412,704 cannot be divided by just 1 and 324,412,704, 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).