Q: Is 774,546,123 a Composite Number?

Why is 774,546,123 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 774,546,123 can be evenly divided by 1 3 13 29 37 39 83 87 111 223 249 377 481 669 1,073 1,079 1,131 1,443 2,407 2,899 3,071 3,219 3,237 6,467 7,221 8,251 8,697 9,213 13,949 18,509 19,401 24,753 31,291 39,923 41,847 55,527 84,071 89,059 93,873 107,263 119,769 239,279 240,617 252,213 267,177 321,789 536,761 684,833 717,837 721,851 1,157,767 1,610,283 2,054,499 3,110,627 3,473,301 6,977,893 8,902,829 9,331,881 19,860,157 20,933,679 26,708,487 59,580,471 258,182,041 and 774,546,123, with no remainder.

Since 774,546,123 cannot be divided by just 1 and 774,546,123, 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).