Q: Is 68,430,340 a Composite Number?

Why is 68,430,340 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 68,430,340 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 10 11 20 22 44 55 110 121 220 242 484 605 1,210 2,420 28,277 56,554 113,108 141,385 282,770 311,047 565,540 622,094 1,244,188 1,555,235 3,110,470 3,421,517 6,220,940 6,843,034 13,686,068 17,107,585 34,215,170 and 68,430,340, with no remainder.

Since 68,430,340 cannot be divided by just 1 and 68,430,340, 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).