Q: Is 34,201,332 a Composite Number?

Why is 34,201,332 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 34,201,332 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 11 12 18 22 27 33 36 44 54 66 99 108 132 198 297 396 594 1,188 28,789 57,578 86,367 115,156 172,734 259,101 316,679 345,468 518,202 633,358 777,303 950,037 1,036,404 1,266,716 1,554,606 1,900,074 2,850,111 3,109,212 3,800,148 5,700,222 8,550,333 11,400,444 17,100,666 and 34,201,332, with no remainder.

Since 34,201,332 cannot be divided by just 1 and 34,201,332, 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).