Q: Is 76,543,704 a Composite Number?

Why is 76,543,704 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 76,543,704 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 19 24 27 36 38 54 57 72 76 81 108 114 152 162 171 216 228 324 342 456 513 648 684 1,026 1,368 1,539 2,052 3,078 4,104 6,156 6,217 12,312 12,434 18,651 24,868 37,302 49,736 55,953 74,604 111,906 118,123 149,208 167,859 223,812 236,246 335,718 354,369 447,624 472,492 503,577 671,436 708,738 944,984 1,007,154 1,063,107 1,342,872 1,417,476 2,014,308 2,126,214 2,834,952 3,189,321 4,028,616 4,252,428 6,378,642 8,504,856 9,567,963 12,757,284 19,135,926 25,514,568 38,271,852 and 76,543,704, with no remainder.

Since 76,543,704 cannot be divided by just 1 and 76,543,704, 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).