Q: Is 77,704,992 a Composite Number?

Why is 77,704,992 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 77,704,992 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 32 36 48 67 72 96 134 144 201 268 288 402 536 603 804 1,072 1,206 1,608 2,144 2,412 3,216 4,027 4,824 6,432 8,054 9,648 12,081 16,108 19,296 24,162 32,216 36,243 48,324 64,432 72,486 96,648 128,864 144,972 193,296 269,809 289,944 386,592 539,618 579,888 809,427 1,079,236 1,159,776 1,618,854 2,158,472 2,428,281 3,237,708 4,316,944 4,856,562 6,475,416 8,633,888 9,713,124 12,950,832 19,426,248 25,901,664 38,852,496 and 77,704,992, with no remainder.

Since 77,704,992 cannot be divided by just 1 and 77,704,992, 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).