Q: Is 343,243,008 a Composite Number?

Why is 343,243,008 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 343,243,008 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 27 32 36 48 54 64 72 81 96 108 128 144 162 192 216 256 288 324 384 432 576 648 768 864 1,152 1,296 1,728 2,304 2,592 3,456 5,184 6,912 10,368 16,553 20,736 33,106 49,659 66,212 99,318 132,424 148,977 198,636 264,848 297,954 397,272 446,931 529,696 595,908 794,544 893,862 1,059,392 1,191,816 1,340,793 1,589,088 1,787,724 2,118,784 2,383,632 2,681,586 3,178,176 3,575,448 4,237,568 4,767,264 5,363,172 6,356,352 7,150,896 9,534,528 10,726,344 12,712,704 14,301,792 19,069,056 21,452,688 28,603,584 38,138,112 42,905,376 57,207,168 85,810,752 114,414,336 171,621,504 and 343,243,008, with no remainder.

Since 343,243,008 cannot be divided by just 1 and 343,243,008, 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).