Q: Is 77,135,604 a Composite Number?

Why is 77,135,604 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 77,135,604 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 12 13 14 21 26 28 39 42 49 52 78 84 91 98 147 156 182 196 273 294 364 546 588 637 1,092 1,274 1,911 2,548 3,822 7,644 10,091 20,182 30,273 40,364 60,546 70,637 121,092 131,183 141,274 211,911 262,366 282,548 393,549 423,822 494,459 524,732 787,098 847,644 918,281 988,918 1,483,377 1,574,196 1,836,562 1,977,836 2,754,843 2,966,754 3,673,124 5,509,686 5,933,508 6,427,967 11,019,372 12,855,934 19,283,901 25,711,868 38,567,802 and 77,135,604, with no remainder.

Since 77,135,604 cannot be divided by just 1 and 77,135,604, 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).