Q: Is 342,751,968 a Composite Number?

Why is 342,751,968 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 342,751,968 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 13 16 18 24 26 32 36 39 43 48 52 72 78 86 96 104 117 129 144 156 172 208 234 258 288 312 344 387 416 468 516 559 624 688 774 936 1,032 1,118 1,248 1,376 1,548 1,677 1,872 2,064 2,129 2,236 3,096 3,354 3,744 4,128 4,258 4,472 5,031 6,192 6,387 6,708 8,516 8,944 10,062 12,384 12,774 13,416 17,032 17,888 19,161 20,124 25,548 26,832 27,677 34,064 38,322 40,248 51,096 53,664 55,354 68,128 76,644 80,496 83,031 91,547 102,192 110,708 153,288 160,992 166,062 183,094 204,384 221,416 249,093 274,641 306,576 332,124 366,188 442,832 498,186 549,282 613,152 664,248 732,376 823,923 885,664 996,372 1,098,564 1,190,111 1,328,496 1,464,752 1,647,846 1,992,744 2,197,128 2,380,222 2,656,992 2,929,504 3,295,692 3,570,333 3,985,488 4,394,256 4,760,444 6,591,384 7,140,666 7,970,976 8,788,512 9,520,888 10,710,999 13,182,768 14,281,332 19,041,776 21,421,998 26,365,536 28,562,664 38,083,552 42,843,996 57,125,328 85,687,992 114,250,656 171,375,984 and 342,751,968, with no remainder.

Since 342,751,968 cannot be divided by just 1 and 342,751,968, 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).