Q: Is 34,577,880 a Composite Number?

Why is 34,577,880 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 34,577,880 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 20 24 30 40 60 120 193 386 579 772 965 1,158 1,493 1,544 1,930 2,316 2,895 2,986 3,860 4,479 4,632 5,790 5,972 7,465 7,720 8,958 11,580 11,944 14,930 17,916 22,395 23,160 29,860 35,832 44,790 59,720 89,580 179,160 288,149 576,298 864,447 1,152,596 1,440,745 1,728,894 2,305,192 2,881,490 3,457,788 4,322,235 5,762,980 6,915,576 8,644,470 11,525,960 17,288,940 and 34,577,880, with no remainder.

Since 34,577,880 cannot be divided by just 1 and 34,577,880, 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).