Q: Is 77,802,834 a Composite Number?

Why is 77,802,834 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 77,802,834 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 19 38 53 57 79 106 114 158 159 163 237 318 326 474 489 978 1,007 1,501 2,014 3,002 3,021 3,097 4,187 4,503 6,042 6,194 8,374 8,639 9,006 9,291 12,561 12,877 17,278 18,582 25,122 25,754 25,917 38,631 51,834 77,262 79,553 159,106 164,141 238,659 244,663 328,282 477,318 489,326 492,423 682,481 733,989 984,846 1,364,962 1,467,978 2,047,443 4,094,886 12,967,139 25,934,278 38,901,417 and 77,802,834, with no remainder.

Since 77,802,834 cannot be divided by just 1 and 77,802,834, 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).