Q: Is 70,876,377 a Composite Number?

Why is 70,876,377 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 70,876,377 can be evenly divided by 1 3 9 11 13 27 29 33 39 81 87 99 117 143 211 261 297 319 351 377 429 633 783 891 957 1,053 1,131 1,287 1,899 2,321 2,349 2,743 2,871 3,393 3,861 4,147 5,697 6,119 6,963 8,229 8,613 10,179 11,583 12,441 17,091 18,357 20,889 24,687 25,839 30,173 30,537 37,323 55,071 62,667 67,309 74,061 79,547 90,519 111,969 165,213 188,001 201,927 222,183 238,641 271,557 335,907 495,639 605,781 715,923 814,671 875,017 1,817,343 2,147,769 2,444,013 2,625,051 5,452,029 6,443,307 7,875,153 23,625,459 and 70,876,377, with no remainder.

Since 70,876,377 cannot be divided by just 1 and 70,876,377, 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).