Q: Is 342,302,016 a Composite Number?

Why is 342,302,016 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 342,302,016 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 21 24 28 32 42 43 48 56 64 84 86 96 112 129 168 172 192 224 258 301 336 344 448 516 602 672 688 903 1,032 1,204 1,344 1,376 1,806 2,064 2,408 2,752 3,612 4,128 4,816 5,923 7,224 8,256 9,632 11,846 14,448 17,769 19,264 23,692 28,896 35,538 41,461 47,384 57,792 71,076 82,922 94,768 124,383 142,152 165,844 189,536 248,766 254,689 284,304 331,688 379,072 497,532 509,378 568,608 663,376 764,067 995,064 1,018,756 1,137,216 1,326,752 1,528,134 1,782,823 1,990,128 2,037,512 2,653,504 3,056,268 3,565,646 3,980,256 4,075,024 5,348,469 6,112,536 7,131,292 7,960,512 8,150,048 10,696,938 12,225,072 14,262,584 16,300,096 21,393,876 24,450,144 28,525,168 42,787,752 48,900,288 57,050,336 85,575,504 114,100,672 171,151,008 and 342,302,016, with no remainder.

Since 342,302,016 cannot be divided by just 1 and 342,302,016, 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).