Q: Is 342,013,032 a Composite Number?

Why is 342,013,032 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 342,013,032 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 24 36 72 113 127 226 254 331 339 381 452 508 662 678 762 904 993 1,016 1,017 1,143 1,324 1,356 1,524 1,986 2,034 2,286 2,648 2,712 2,979 3,048 3,972 4,068 4,572 5,958 7,944 8,136 9,144 11,916 14,351 23,832 28,702 37,403 42,037 43,053 57,404 74,806 84,074 86,106 112,209 114,808 126,111 129,159 149,612 168,148 172,212 224,418 252,222 258,318 299,224 336,296 336,627 344,424 378,333 448,836 504,444 516,636 673,254 756,666 897,672 1,008,888 1,033,272 1,346,508 1,513,332 2,693,016 3,026,664 4,750,181 9,500,362 14,250,543 19,000,724 28,501,086 38,001,448 42,751,629 57,002,172 85,503,258 114,004,344 171,006,516 and 342,013,032, with no remainder.

Since 342,013,032 cannot be divided by just 1 and 342,013,032, 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).