Q: Is 34,798,740 a Composite Number?

Why is 34,798,740 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 34,798,740 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 10 12 15 20 30 31 53 60 62 93 106 124 155 159 186 212 265 310 318 353 372 465 530 620 636 706 795 930 1,059 1,060 1,412 1,590 1,643 1,765 1,860 2,118 3,180 3,286 3,530 4,236 4,929 5,295 6,572 7,060 8,215 9,858 10,590 10,943 16,430 18,709 19,716 21,180 21,886 24,645 32,829 32,860 37,418 43,772 49,290 54,715 56,127 65,658 74,836 93,545 98,580 109,430 112,254 131,316 164,145 187,090 218,860 224,508 280,635 328,290 374,180 561,270 579,979 656,580 1,122,540 1,159,958 1,739,937 2,319,916 2,899,895 3,479,874 5,799,790 6,959,748 8,699,685 11,599,580 17,399,370 and 34,798,740, with no remainder.

Since 34,798,740 cannot be divided by just 1 and 34,798,740, 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).