Q: Is 422,334,234 a Composite Number?

Why is 422,334,234 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 422,334,234 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 9 14 18 21 23 42 46 49 63 69 98 109 126 138 147 161 191 207 218 294 322 327 382 414 441 483 573 654 763 882 966 981 1,127 1,146 1,337 1,449 1,526 1,719 1,962 2,254 2,289 2,507 2,674 2,898 3,381 3,438 4,011 4,393 4,578 5,014 5,341 6,762 6,867 7,521 8,022 8,786 9,359 10,143 10,682 12,033 13,179 13,734 15,042 16,023 17,549 18,718 20,286 20,819 22,563 24,066 26,358 28,077 30,751 32,046 35,098 39,537 41,638 45,126 48,069 52,647 56,154 61,502 62,457 79,074 84,231 92,253 96,138 105,294 122,843 124,914 145,733 157,941 168,462 184,506 187,371 215,257 245,686 276,759 291,466 315,882 368,529 374,742 430,514 437,199 478,837 553,518 645,771 737,058 874,398 957,674 1,020,131 1,105,587 1,291,542 1,311,597 1,436,511 1,937,313 2,040,262 2,211,174 2,623,194 2,873,022 3,060,393 3,351,859 3,874,626 4,309,533 6,120,786 6,703,718 8,619,066 9,181,179 10,055,577 18,362,358 20,111,154 23,463,013 30,166,731 46,926,026 60,333,462 70,389,039 140,778,078 211,167,117 and 422,334,234, with no remainder.

Since 422,334,234 cannot be divided by just 1 and 422,334,234, 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).