Q: Is 342,431,340 a Composite Number?

Why is 342,431,340 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 342,431,340 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 10 12 15 17 20 30 34 51 60 68 85 97 102 170 194 204 255 291 340 388 485 510 582 970 1,020 1,164 1,455 1,649 1,940 2,910 3,298 3,461 4,947 5,820 6,596 6,922 8,245 9,894 10,383 13,844 16,490 17,305 19,788 20,766 24,735 32,980 34,610 41,532 49,470 51,915 58,837 69,220 98,940 103,830 117,674 176,511 207,660 235,348 294,185 335,717 353,022 588,370 671,434 706,044 882,555 1,007,151 1,176,740 1,342,868 1,678,585 1,765,110 2,014,302 3,357,170 3,530,220 4,028,604 5,035,755 5,707,189 6,714,340 10,071,510 11,414,378 17,121,567 20,143,020 22,828,756 28,535,945 34,243,134 57,071,890 68,486,268 85,607,835 114,143,780 171,215,670 and 342,431,340, with no remainder.

Since 342,431,340 cannot be divided by just 1 and 342,431,340, 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).