Q: Is 77,124,744 a Composite Number?

Why is 77,124,744 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 77,124,744 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 24 27 36 47 54 71 72 94 107 108 141 142 188 213 214 216 282 284 321 376 423 426 428 564 568 639 642 846 852 856 963 1,128 1,269 1,278 1,284 1,692 1,704 1,917 1,926 2,538 2,556 2,568 2,889 3,337 3,384 3,834 3,852 5,029 5,076 5,112 5,778 6,674 7,597 7,668 7,704 10,011 10,058 10,152 11,556 13,348 15,087 15,194 15,336 20,022 20,116 22,791 23,112 26,696 30,033 30,174 30,388 40,044 40,232 45,261 45,582 60,066 60,348 60,776 68,373 80,088 90,099 90,522 91,164 120,132 120,696 135,783 136,746 180,198 181,044 182,328 205,119 240,264 271,566 273,492 357,059 360,396 362,088 410,238 543,132 546,984 714,118 720,792 820,476 1,071,177 1,086,264 1,428,236 1,640,952 2,142,354 2,856,472 3,213,531 4,284,708 6,427,062 8,569,416 9,640,593 12,854,124 19,281,186 25,708,248 38,562,372 and 77,124,744, with no remainder.

Since 77,124,744 cannot be divided by just 1 and 77,124,744, 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).