Q: Is 77,014,014 a Composite Number?

Why is 77,014,014 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 77,014,014 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 11 14 21 22 33 42 66 77 89 154 178 231 267 462 534 623 979 1,246 1,869 1,873 1,958 2,937 3,738 3,746 5,619 5,874 6,853 11,238 13,111 13,706 20,559 20,603 26,222 39,333 41,118 41,206 61,809 78,666 123,618 144,221 166,697 288,442 333,394 432,663 500,091 865,326 1,000,182 1,166,879 1,833,667 2,333,758 3,500,637 3,667,334 5,501,001 7,001,274 11,002,002 12,835,669 25,671,338 38,507,007 and 77,014,014, with no remainder.

Since 77,014,014 cannot be divided by just 1 and 77,014,014, 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).