Q: Is 77,316,018 a Composite Number?

Why is 77,316,018 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 77,316,018 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 13 23 26 39 46 69 71 78 138 142 213 299 426 598 607 897 923 1,214 1,633 1,794 1,821 1,846 2,769 3,266 3,642 4,899 5,538 7,891 9,798 13,961 15,782 21,229 23,673 27,922 41,883 42,458 43,097 47,346 63,687 83,766 86,194 127,374 129,291 181,493 258,582 362,986 544,479 560,261 991,231 1,088,958 1,120,522 1,680,783 1,982,462 2,973,693 3,361,566 5,947,386 12,886,003 25,772,006 38,658,009 and 77,316,018, with no remainder.

Since 77,316,018 cannot be divided by just 1 and 77,316,018, 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).