Q: Is 34,434,432 a Composite Number?

Why is 34,434,432 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 34,434,432 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 32 36 48 64 71 72 96 128 142 144 192 213 284 288 384 421 426 568 576 639 842 852 1,136 1,152 1,263 1,278 1,684 1,704 2,272 2,526 2,556 3,368 3,408 3,789 4,544 5,052 5,112 6,736 6,816 7,578 9,088 10,104 10,224 13,472 13,632 15,156 20,208 20,448 26,944 27,264 29,891 30,312 40,416 40,896 53,888 59,782 60,624 80,832 81,792 89,673 119,564 121,248 161,664 179,346 239,128 242,496 269,019 358,692 478,256 484,992 538,038 717,384 956,512 1,076,076 1,434,768 1,913,024 2,152,152 2,869,536 3,826,048 4,304,304 5,739,072 8,608,608 11,478,144 17,217,216 and 34,434,432, with no remainder.

Since 34,434,432 cannot be divided by just 1 and 34,434,432, 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).