Q: Is 338,856,672 a Composite Number?

Why is 338,856,672 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 338,856,672 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 11 12 14 16 21 22 24 28 32 33 42 44 48 56 66 77 84 88 96 112 132 154 168 176 224 231 264 308 336 352 462 528 616 672 924 1,056 1,232 1,848 2,464 3,696 7,392 45,841 91,682 137,523 183,364 275,046 320,887 366,728 504,251 550,092 641,774 733,456 962,661 1,008,502 1,100,184 1,283,548 1,466,912 1,512,753 1,925,322 2,017,004 2,200,368 2,567,096 3,025,506 3,529,757 3,850,644 4,034,008 4,400,736 5,134,192 6,051,012 7,059,514 7,701,288 8,068,016 10,268,384 10,589,271 12,102,024 14,119,028 15,402,576 16,136,032 21,178,542 24,204,048 28,238,056 30,805,152 42,357,084 48,408,096 56,476,112 84,714,168 112,952,224 169,428,336 and 338,856,672, with no remainder.

Since 338,856,672 cannot be divided by just 1 and 338,856,672, 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).