Q: Is 343,134,240 a Composite Number?

Why is 343,134,240 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 343,134,240 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 23 24 30 32 40 46 48 60 69 80 92 96 115 120 138 160 184 230 240 276 345 368 460 480 552 690 736 920 1,104 1,380 1,840 2,208 2,760 3,680 5,520 11,040 31,081 62,162 93,243 124,324 155,405 186,486 248,648 310,810 372,972 466,215 497,296 621,620 714,863 745,944 932,430 994,592 1,243,240 1,429,726 1,491,888 1,864,860 2,144,589 2,486,480 2,859,452 2,983,776 3,574,315 3,729,720 4,289,178 4,972,960 5,718,904 7,148,630 7,459,440 8,578,356 10,722,945 11,437,808 14,297,260 14,918,880 17,156,712 21,445,890 22,875,616 28,594,520 34,313,424 42,891,780 57,189,040 68,626,848 85,783,560 114,378,080 171,567,120 and 343,134,240, with no remainder.

Since 343,134,240 cannot be divided by just 1 and 343,134,240, 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).