Q: Is 28,767,096 a Composite Number?

Why is 28,767,096 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 28,767,096 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 24 27 36 54 72 97 108 194 216 291 388 582 776 873 1,164 1,373 1,746 2,328 2,619 2,746 3,492 4,119 5,238 5,492 6,984 8,238 10,476 10,984 12,357 16,476 20,952 24,714 32,952 37,071 49,428 74,142 98,856 133,181 148,284 266,362 296,568 399,543 532,724 799,086 1,065,448 1,198,629 1,598,172 2,397,258 3,196,344 3,595,887 4,794,516 7,191,774 9,589,032 14,383,548 and 28,767,096, with no remainder.

Since 28,767,096 cannot be divided by just 1 and 28,767,096, 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).