Q: Is 34,879,800 a Composite Number?

Why is 34,879,800 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 34,879,800 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 20 24 25 30 40 50 60 61 75 100 120 122 150 183 200 244 300 305 366 488 600 610 732 915 953 1,220 1,464 1,525 1,830 1,906 2,440 2,859 3,050 3,660 3,812 4,575 4,765 5,718 6,100 7,320 7,624 9,150 9,530 11,436 12,200 14,295 18,300 19,060 22,872 23,825 28,590 36,600 38,120 47,650 57,180 58,133 71,475 95,300 114,360 116,266 142,950 174,399 190,600 232,532 285,900 290,665 348,798 465,064 571,800 581,330 697,596 871,995 1,162,660 1,395,192 1,453,325 1,743,990 2,325,320 2,906,650 3,487,980 4,359,975 5,813,300 6,975,960 8,719,950 11,626,600 17,439,900 and 34,879,800, with no remainder.

Since 34,879,800 cannot be divided by just 1 and 34,879,800, 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).