Q: Is 342,201,006 a Composite Number?

Why is 342,201,006 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 342,201,006 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 9 14 18 21 41 42 49 63 82 98 123 126 147 246 287 294 369 441 574 738 861 882 1,722 2,009 2,583 4,018 5,166 6,027 9,463 12,054 18,081 18,926 28,389 36,162 56,778 66,241 85,167 132,482 170,334 198,723 387,983 397,446 463,687 596,169 775,966 927,374 1,163,949 1,192,338 1,391,061 2,327,898 2,715,881 2,782,122 3,491,847 4,173,183 5,431,762 6,983,694 8,147,643 8,346,366 16,295,286 19,011,167 24,442,929 38,022,334 48,885,858 57,033,501 114,067,002 171,100,503 and 342,201,006, with no remainder.

Since 342,201,006 cannot be divided by just 1 and 342,201,006, 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).