Q: Is 71,836,884 a Composite Number?

Why is 71,836,884 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 71,836,884 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 9 12 14 18 21 28 36 42 63 84 89 126 178 252 267 356 534 623 801 1,068 1,246 1,602 1,869 2,492 3,203 3,204 3,738 5,607 6,406 7,476 9,609 11,214 12,812 19,218 22,421 22,428 28,827 38,436 44,842 57,654 67,263 89,684 115,308 134,526 201,789 269,052 285,067 403,578 570,134 807,156 855,201 1,140,268 1,710,402 1,995,469 2,565,603 3,420,804 3,990,938 5,131,206 5,986,407 7,981,876 10,262,412 11,972,814 17,959,221 23,945,628 35,918,442 and 71,836,884, with no remainder.

Since 71,836,884 cannot be divided by just 1 and 71,836,884, 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).