Q: Is 107,878,752 a Composite Number?

Why is 107,878,752 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 107,878,752 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 32 36 48 72 83 96 144 166 249 288 332 498 664 747 996 1,328 1,494 1,992 2,656 2,988 3,984 4,513 5,976 7,968 9,026 11,952 13,539 18,052 23,904 27,078 36,104 40,617 54,156 72,208 81,234 108,312 144,416 162,468 216,624 324,936 374,579 433,248 649,872 749,158 1,123,737 1,299,744 1,498,316 2,247,474 2,996,632 3,371,211 4,494,948 5,993,264 6,742,422 8,989,896 11,986,528 13,484,844 17,979,792 26,969,688 35,959,584 53,939,376 and 107,878,752, with no remainder.

Since 107,878,752 cannot be divided by just 1 and 107,878,752, 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).