Q: Is 342,121,340 a Composite Number?

Why is 342,121,340 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 342,121,340 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 10 11 20 22 44 55 89 101 110 173 178 202 220 346 356 404 445 505 692 865 890 979 1,010 1,111 1,730 1,780 1,903 1,958 2,020 2,222 3,460 3,806 3,916 4,444 4,895 5,555 7,612 8,989 9,515 9,790 11,110 15,397 17,473 17,978 19,030 19,580 22,220 30,794 34,946 35,956 38,060 44,945 61,588 69,892 76,985 87,365 89,890 98,879 153,970 169,367 174,730 179,780 192,203 197,758 307,940 338,734 349,460 384,406 395,516 494,395 677,468 768,812 846,835 961,015 988,790 1,555,097 1,693,670 1,922,030 1,977,580 3,110,194 3,387,340 3,844,060 6,220,388 7,775,485 15,550,970 17,106,067 31,101,940 34,212,134 68,424,268 85,530,335 171,060,670 and 342,121,340, with no remainder.

Since 342,121,340 cannot be divided by just 1 and 342,121,340, 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).