Q: Is 76,578,920 a Composite Number?

Why is 76,578,920 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 76,578,920 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 11 20 22 40 44 55 88 110 220 269 440 538 647 1,076 1,294 1,345 2,152 2,588 2,690 2,959 3,235 5,176 5,380 5,918 6,470 7,117 10,760 11,836 12,940 14,234 14,795 23,672 25,880 28,468 29,590 35,585 56,936 59,180 71,170 118,360 142,340 174,043 284,680 348,086 696,172 870,215 1,392,344 1,740,430 1,914,473 3,480,860 3,828,946 6,961,720 7,657,892 9,572,365 15,315,784 19,144,730 38,289,460 and 76,578,920, with no remainder.

Since 76,578,920 cannot be divided by just 1 and 76,578,920, 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).