Q: Is 360,342,738 a Composite Number?

Why is 360,342,738 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 360,342,738 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 9 14 18 21 42 61 63 122 126 173 183 271 346 366 427 519 542 549 813 854 1,038 1,098 1,211 1,281 1,557 1,626 1,897 2,422 2,439 2,562 3,114 3,633 3,794 3,843 4,878 5,691 7,266 7,686 10,553 10,899 11,382 16,531 17,073 21,106 21,798 31,659 33,062 34,146 46,883 49,593 63,318 73,871 93,766 94,977 99,186 115,717 140,649 147,742 148,779 189,954 221,613 231,434 281,298 297,558 328,181 347,151 421,947 443,226 656,362 664,839 694,302 843,894 984,543 1,041,453 1,329,678 1,969,086 2,082,906 2,859,863 2,953,629 5,719,726 5,907,258 8,579,589 17,159,178 20,019,041 25,738,767 40,038,082 51,477,534 60,057,123 120,114,246 180,171,369 and 360,342,738, with no remainder.

Since 360,342,738 cannot be divided by just 1 and 360,342,738, 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).