Q: Is 277,788,888 a Composite Number?

Why is 277,788,888 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 277,788,888 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 13 18 24 26 36 39 52 72 78 104 117 156 234 312 463 468 641 926 936 1,282 1,389 1,852 1,923 2,564 2,778 3,704 3,846 4,167 5,128 5,556 5,769 6,019 7,692 8,333 8,334 11,112 11,538 12,038 15,384 16,666 16,668 18,057 23,076 24,076 24,999 33,332 33,336 36,114 46,152 48,152 49,998 54,171 66,664 72,228 74,997 99,996 108,342 144,456 149,994 199,992 216,684 296,783 299,988 433,368 593,566 599,976 890,349 1,187,132 1,780,698 2,374,264 2,671,047 3,561,396 3,858,179 5,342,094 7,122,792 7,716,358 10,684,188 11,574,537 15,432,716 21,368,376 23,149,074 30,865,432 34,723,611 46,298,148 69,447,222 92,596,296 138,894,444 and 277,788,888, with no remainder.

Since 277,788,888 cannot be divided by just 1 and 277,788,888, 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).