Q: Is 34,234,032 a Composite Number?

Why is 34,234,032 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 34,234,032 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 21 24 28 42 48 56 84 112 139 168 278 336 417 556 733 834 973 1,112 1,466 1,668 1,946 2,199 2,224 2,919 2,932 3,336 3,892 4,398 5,131 5,838 5,864 6,672 7,784 8,796 10,262 11,676 11,728 15,393 15,568 17,592 20,524 23,352 30,786 35,184 41,048 46,704 61,572 82,096 101,887 123,144 203,774 246,288 305,661 407,548 611,322 713,209 815,096 1,222,644 1,426,418 1,630,192 2,139,627 2,445,288 2,852,836 4,279,254 4,890,576 5,705,672 8,558,508 11,411,344 17,117,016 and 34,234,032, with no remainder.

Since 34,234,032 cannot be divided by just 1 and 34,234,032, 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).