Q: Is 34,374,760 a Composite Number?

Why is 34,374,760 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 34,374,760 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 8 10 14 20 28 35 40 56 70 140 280 293 419 586 838 1,172 1,465 1,676 2,051 2,095 2,344 2,930 2,933 3,352 4,102 4,190 5,860 5,866 8,204 8,380 10,255 11,720 11,732 14,665 16,408 16,760 20,510 23,464 29,330 41,020 58,660 82,040 117,320 122,767 245,534 491,068 613,835 859,369 982,136 1,227,670 1,718,738 2,455,340 3,437,476 4,296,845 4,910,680 6,874,952 8,593,690 17,187,380 and 34,374,760, with no remainder.

Since 34,374,760 cannot be divided by just 1 and 34,374,760, 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).