Q: Is 34,318,746 a Composite Number?

Why is 34,318,746 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 34,318,746 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 9 11 14 18 21 22 33 42 63 66 77 99 121 126 154 198 231 242 363 462 693 726 847 1,089 1,386 1,694 2,178 2,251 2,541 4,502 5,082 6,753 7,623 13,506 15,246 15,757 20,259 24,761 31,514 40,518 47,271 49,522 74,283 94,542 141,813 148,566 173,327 222,849 272,371 283,626 346,654 445,698 519,981 544,742 817,113 1,039,962 1,559,943 1,634,226 1,906,597 2,451,339 3,119,886 3,813,194 4,902,678 5,719,791 11,439,582 17,159,373 and 34,318,746, with no remainder.

Since 34,318,746 cannot be divided by just 1 and 34,318,746, 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).