Q: Is 34,873,720 a Composite Number?

Why is 34,873,720 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 34,873,720 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 8 10 14 20 28 35 40 56 59 70 118 140 236 280 295 413 472 590 826 1,180 1,652 2,065 2,111 2,360 3,304 4,130 4,222 8,260 8,444 10,555 14,777 16,520 16,888 21,110 29,554 42,220 59,108 73,885 84,440 118,216 124,549 147,770 249,098 295,540 498,196 591,080 622,745 871,843 996,392 1,245,490 1,743,686 2,490,980 3,487,372 4,359,215 4,981,960 6,974,744 8,718,430 17,436,860 and 34,873,720, with no remainder.

Since 34,873,720 cannot be divided by just 1 and 34,873,720, 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).