Q: Is 355,043,232 a Composite Number?

Why is 355,043,232 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 355,043,232 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 17 18 24 32 34 36 48 51 68 72 96 102 127 136 144 153 204 254 272 288 306 381 408 508 544 571 612 762 816 1,016 1,142 1,143 1,224 1,524 1,632 1,713 2,032 2,159 2,284 2,286 2,448 3,048 3,426 4,064 4,318 4,568 4,572 4,896 5,139 6,096 6,477 6,852 8,636 9,136 9,144 9,707 10,278 12,192 12,954 13,704 17,272 18,272 18,288 19,414 19,431 20,556 25,908 27,408 29,121 34,544 36,576 38,828 38,862 41,112 51,816 54,816 58,242 69,088 72,517 77,656 77,724 82,224 87,363 103,632 116,484 145,034 155,312 155,448 164,448 174,726 207,264 217,551 232,968 290,068 310,624 310,896 349,452 435,102 465,936 580,136 621,792 652,653 698,904 870,204 931,872 1,160,272 1,232,789 1,305,306 1,397,808 1,740,408 2,320,544 2,465,578 2,610,612 2,795,616 3,480,816 3,698,367 4,931,156 5,221,224 6,961,632 7,396,734 9,862,312 10,442,448 11,095,101 14,793,468 19,724,624 20,884,896 22,190,202 29,586,936 39,449,248 44,380,404 59,173,872 88,760,808 118,347,744 177,521,616 and 355,043,232, with no remainder.

Since 355,043,232 cannot be divided by just 1 and 355,043,232, 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).