Q: Is 34,266,876 a Composite Number?

Why is 34,266,876 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 34,266,876 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 12 14 21 28 42 49 84 98 101 147 196 202 294 303 404 577 588 606 707 1,154 1,212 1,414 1,731 2,121 2,308 2,828 3,462 4,039 4,242 4,949 6,924 8,078 8,484 9,898 12,117 14,847 16,156 19,796 24,234 28,273 29,694 48,468 56,546 58,277 59,388 84,819 113,092 116,554 169,638 174,831 233,108 339,276 349,662 407,939 699,324 815,878 1,223,817 1,631,756 2,447,634 2,855,573 4,895,268 5,711,146 8,566,719 11,422,292 17,133,438 and 34,266,876, with no remainder.

Since 34,266,876 cannot be divided by just 1 and 34,266,876, 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).