Q: Is 76,079,340 a Composite Number?

Why is 76,079,340 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 76,079,340 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 12 15 18 20 30 36 45 60 71 90 142 180 213 284 355 426 639 710 852 1,065 1,278 1,420 2,130 2,556 3,195 4,260 5,953 6,390 11,906 12,780 17,859 23,812 29,765 35,718 53,577 59,530 71,436 89,295 107,154 119,060 178,590 214,308 267,885 357,180 422,663 535,770 845,326 1,071,540 1,267,989 1,690,652 2,113,315 2,535,978 3,803,967 4,226,630 5,071,956 6,339,945 7,607,934 8,453,260 12,679,890 15,215,868 19,019,835 25,359,780 38,039,670 and 76,079,340, with no remainder.

Since 76,079,340 cannot be divided by just 1 and 76,079,340, 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).