Q: Is 342,112,248 a Composite Number?

Why is 342,112,248 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 342,112,248 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 24 27 36 47 54 72 81 94 108 141 162 188 216 239 282 324 376 423 478 564 648 717 846 956 1,128 1,269 1,434 1,692 1,912 2,151 2,209 2,538 2,868 3,384 3,807 4,302 4,418 5,076 5,736 6,453 6,627 7,614 8,604 8,836 10,152 11,233 12,906 13,254 15,228 17,208 17,672 19,359 19,881 22,466 25,812 26,508 30,456 33,699 38,718 39,762 44,932 51,624 53,016 59,643 67,398 77,436 79,524 89,864 101,097 119,286 134,796 154,872 159,048 178,929 202,194 238,572 269,592 303,291 357,858 404,388 477,144 527,951 606,582 715,716 808,776 909,873 1,055,902 1,213,164 1,431,432 1,583,853 1,819,746 2,111,804 2,426,328 3,167,706 3,639,492 4,223,608 4,751,559 6,335,412 7,278,984 9,503,118 12,670,824 14,254,677 19,006,236 28,509,354 38,012,472 42,764,031 57,018,708 85,528,062 114,037,416 171,056,124 and 342,112,248, with no remainder.

Since 342,112,248 cannot be divided by just 1 and 342,112,248, 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).