Q: Is 77,620,116 a Composite Number?

Why is 77,620,116 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 77,620,116 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 12 14 21 28 42 49 84 98 101 147 196 202 294 303 404 588 606 707 1,212 1,307 1,414 2,121 2,614 2,828 3,921 4,242 4,949 5,228 7,842 8,484 9,149 9,898 14,847 15,684 18,298 19,796 27,447 29,694 36,596 54,894 59,388 64,043 109,788 128,086 132,007 192,129 256,172 264,014 384,258 396,021 528,028 768,516 792,042 924,049 1,584,084 1,848,098 2,772,147 3,696,196 5,544,294 6,468,343 11,088,588 12,936,686 19,405,029 25,873,372 38,810,058 and 77,620,116, with no remainder.

Since 77,620,116 cannot be divided by just 1 and 77,620,116, 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).