Q: Is 342,753,422 a Composite Number?

Why is 342,753,422 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 342,753,422 can be evenly divided by 1 2 11 17 22 31 34 37 47 62 74 94 187 289 341 374 407 517 527 578 629 682 799 814 1,034 1,054 1,147 1,258 1,457 1,598 1,739 2,294 2,914 3,179 3,478 5,797 6,358 6,919 8,789 8,959 10,693 11,594 12,617 13,583 13,838 16,027 17,578 17,918 19,129 19,499 21,386 24,769 25,234 27,166 29,563 32,054 38,258 38,998 49,538 53,909 59,126 98,549 107,818 117,623 149,413 197,098 214,489 235,246 272,459 298,826 325,193 331,483 421,073 428,978 502,571 544,918 592,999 650,386 662,966 842,146 916,453 1,005,142 1,185,998 1,832,906 3,646,313 4,631,803 5,528,281 7,292,626 9,263,606 10,080,983 11,056,562 15,579,701 20,161,966 31,159,402 171,376,711 and 342,753,422, with no remainder.

Since 342,753,422 cannot be divided by just 1 and 342,753,422, 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).