Q: Is 77,536,608 a Composite Number?

Why is 77,536,608 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 77,536,608 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 24 32 37 48 74 83 96 111 148 166 222 249 263 296 332 444 498 526 592 664 789 888 996 1,052 1,184 1,328 1,578 1,776 1,992 2,104 2,656 3,071 3,156 3,552 3,984 4,208 6,142 6,312 7,968 8,416 9,213 9,731 12,284 12,624 18,426 19,462 21,829 24,568 25,248 29,193 36,852 38,924 43,658 49,136 58,386 65,487 73,704 77,848 87,316 98,272 116,772 130,974 147,408 155,696 174,632 233,544 261,948 294,816 311,392 349,264 467,088 523,896 698,528 807,673 934,176 1,047,792 1,615,346 2,095,584 2,423,019 3,230,692 4,846,038 6,461,384 9,692,076 12,922,768 19,384,152 25,845,536 38,768,304 and 77,536,608, with no remainder.

Since 77,536,608 cannot be divided by just 1 and 77,536,608, 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).