Q: Is 340,424,136 a Composite Number?

Why is 340,424,136 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 340,424,136 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 13 18 24 26 36 39 52 72 78 101 104 117 156 169 202 234 277 303 312 338 404 468 507 554 606 676 808 831 909 936 1,014 1,108 1,212 1,313 1,352 1,521 1,662 1,818 2,028 2,216 2,424 2,493 2,626 3,042 3,324 3,601 3,636 3,939 4,056 4,986 5,252 6,084 6,648 7,202 7,272 7,878 9,972 10,504 10,803 11,817 12,168 14,404 15,756 17,069 19,944 21,606 23,634 27,977 28,808 31,512 32,409 34,138 43,212 46,813 47,268 51,207 55,954 64,818 68,276 83,931 86,424 93,626 94,536 102,414 111,908 129,636 136,552 140,439 153,621 167,862 187,252 204,828 223,816 251,793 259,272 280,878 307,242 335,724 363,701 374,504 409,656 421,317 503,586 561,756 614,484 671,448 727,402 842,634 1,007,172 1,091,103 1,123,512 1,228,968 1,454,804 1,685,268 2,014,344 2,182,206 2,909,608 3,273,309 3,370,536 4,364,412 4,728,113 6,546,618 8,728,824 9,456,226 13,093,236 14,184,339 18,912,452 26,186,472 28,368,678 37,824,904 42,553,017 56,737,356 85,106,034 113,474,712 170,212,068 and 340,424,136, with no remainder.

Since 340,424,136 cannot be divided by just 1 and 340,424,136, 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).