Q: Is 34,311,456 a Composite Number?

Why is 34,311,456 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 34,311,456 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 32 36 48 72 96 109 144 218 288 327 436 654 872 981 1,093 1,308 1,744 1,962 2,186 2,616 3,279 3,488 3,924 4,372 5,232 6,558 7,848 8,744 9,837 10,464 13,116 15,696 17,488 19,674 26,232 31,392 34,976 39,348 52,464 78,696 104,928 119,137 157,392 238,274 314,784 357,411 476,548 714,822 953,096 1,072,233 1,429,644 1,906,192 2,144,466 2,859,288 3,812,384 4,288,932 5,718,576 8,577,864 11,437,152 17,155,728 and 34,311,456, with no remainder.

Since 34,311,456 cannot be divided by just 1 and 34,311,456, 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).