Q: Is 34,460,272 a Composite Number?

Why is 34,460,272 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 34,460,272 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 11 14 16 22 28 44 56 77 83 88 112 154 166 176 308 332 337 581 616 664 674 913 1,162 1,232 1,328 1,348 1,826 2,324 2,359 2,696 3,652 3,707 4,648 4,718 5,392 6,391 7,304 7,414 9,296 9,436 12,782 14,608 14,828 18,872 25,564 25,949 27,971 29,656 37,744 51,128 51,898 55,942 59,312 102,256 103,796 111,884 195,797 207,592 223,768 307,681 391,594 415,184 447,536 615,362 783,188 1,230,724 1,566,376 2,153,767 2,461,448 3,132,752 4,307,534 4,922,896 8,615,068 17,230,136 and 34,460,272, with no remainder.

Since 34,460,272 cannot be divided by just 1 and 34,460,272, 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).