Q: Is 355,126,344 a Composite Number?

Why is 355,126,344 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 355,126,344 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 24 29 58 87 116 174 181 232 348 362 543 696 724 1,086 1,448 2,172 2,819 4,344 5,249 5,638 8,457 10,498 11,276 15,747 16,914 20,996 22,552 31,494 33,828 41,992 62,988 67,656 81,751 125,976 163,502 245,253 327,004 490,506 510,239 654,008 981,012 1,020,478 1,530,717 1,962,024 2,040,956 3,061,434 4,081,912 6,122,868 12,245,736 14,796,931 29,593,862 44,390,793 59,187,724 88,781,586 118,375,448 177,563,172 and 355,126,344, with no remainder.

Since 355,126,344 cannot be divided by just 1 and 355,126,344, 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).