Q: Is 77,420,928 a Composite Number?

Why is 77,420,928 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 77,420,928 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 13 16 24 26 32 39 48 52 64 78 96 104 128 156 169 192 208 312 338 384 416 507 624 676 832 1,014 1,193 1,248 1,352 1,664 2,028 2,386 2,496 2,704 3,579 4,056 4,772 4,992 5,408 7,158 8,112 9,544 10,816 14,316 15,509 16,224 19,088 21,632 28,632 31,018 32,448 38,176 46,527 57,264 62,036 64,896 76,352 93,054 114,528 124,072 152,704 186,108 201,617 229,056 248,144 372,216 403,234 458,112 496,288 604,851 744,432 806,468 992,576 1,209,702 1,488,864 1,612,936 1,985,152 2,419,404 2,977,728 3,225,872 4,838,808 5,955,456 6,451,744 9,677,616 12,903,488 19,355,232 25,806,976 38,710,464 and 77,420,928, with no remainder.

Since 77,420,928 cannot be divided by just 1 and 77,420,928, 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).