Q: Is 70,889,427 a Composite Number?

Why is 70,889,427 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 70,889,427 can be evenly divided by 1 3 7 9 21 23 29 49 63 69 87 147 161 203 207 241 261 441 483 609 667 723 1,127 1,421 1,449 1,687 1,827 2,001 2,169 3,381 4,263 4,669 5,061 5,543 6,003 6,989 10,143 11,809 12,789 14,007 15,183 16,629 20,967 32,683 35,427 38,801 42,021 48,923 49,887 62,901 98,049 106,281 116,403 146,769 160,747 271,607 294,147 342,461 349,209 440,307 482,241 814,821 1,027,383 1,125,229 1,446,723 2,444,463 3,082,149 3,375,687 7,876,603 10,127,061 23,629,809 and 70,889,427, with no remainder.

Since 70,889,427 cannot be divided by just 1 and 70,889,427, 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).