Q: Is 345,044,240 a Composite Number?

Why is 345,044,240 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 345,044,240 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 16 17 20 34 37 40 68 74 80 85 136 148 170 185 272 296 340 370 592 629 680 740 1,258 1,360 1,480 2,516 2,960 3,145 5,032 6,290 6,857 10,064 12,580 13,714 25,160 27,428 34,285 50,320 54,856 68,570 109,712 116,569 137,140 233,138 253,709 274,280 466,276 507,418 548,560 582,845 932,552 1,014,836 1,165,690 1,268,545 1,865,104 2,029,672 2,331,380 2,537,090 4,059,344 4,313,053 4,662,760 5,074,180 8,626,106 9,325,520 10,148,360 17,252,212 20,296,720 21,565,265 34,504,424 43,130,530 69,008,848 86,261,060 172,522,120 and 345,044,240, with no remainder.

Since 345,044,240 cannot be divided by just 1 and 345,044,240, 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).