Q: Is 345,731,232 a Composite Number?

Why is 345,731,232 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 345,731,232 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 11 12 14 16 21 22 24 28 32 33 42 44 48 56 66 77 84 88 96 112 132 154 168 176 224 231 264 308 336 352 462 528 616 672 924 1,056 1,232 1,848 2,464 3,696 7,392 46,771 93,542 140,313 187,084 280,626 327,397 374,168 514,481 561,252 654,794 748,336 982,191 1,028,962 1,122,504 1,309,588 1,496,672 1,543,443 1,964,382 2,057,924 2,245,008 2,619,176 3,086,886 3,601,367 3,928,764 4,115,848 4,490,016 5,238,352 6,173,772 7,202,734 7,857,528 8,231,696 10,476,704 10,804,101 12,347,544 14,405,468 15,715,056 16,463,392 21,608,202 24,695,088 28,810,936 31,430,112 43,216,404 49,390,176 57,621,872 86,432,808 115,243,744 172,865,616 and 345,731,232, with no remainder.

Since 345,731,232 cannot be divided by just 1 and 345,731,232, 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).