Q: Is 76,778,988 a Composite Number?

Why is 76,778,988 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 76,778,988 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 11 12 13 22 26 33 39 44 52 66 78 101 132 143 156 202 286 303 404 429 443 572 606 858 886 1,111 1,212 1,313 1,329 1,716 1,772 2,222 2,626 2,658 3,333 3,939 4,444 4,873 5,252 5,316 5,759 6,666 7,878 9,746 11,518 13,332 14,443 14,619 15,756 17,277 19,492 23,036 28,886 29,238 34,554 43,329 44,743 57,772 58,476 63,349 69,108 86,658 89,486 126,698 134,229 173,316 178,972 190,047 253,396 268,458 380,094 492,173 536,916 581,659 760,188 984,346 1,163,318 1,476,519 1,744,977 1,968,692 2,326,636 2,953,038 3,489,954 5,906,076 6,398,249 6,979,908 12,796,498 19,194,747 25,592,996 38,389,494 and 76,778,988, with no remainder.

Since 76,778,988 cannot be divided by just 1 and 76,778,988, 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).