Q: Is 77,936,600 a Composite Number?

Why is 77,936,600 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 77,936,600 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 8 10 14 20 25 28 35 40 50 56 70 100 140 175 179 200 280 311 350 358 622 700 716 895 1,244 1,253 1,400 1,432 1,555 1,790 2,177 2,488 2,506 3,110 3,580 4,354 4,475 5,012 6,220 6,265 7,160 7,775 8,708 8,950 10,024 10,885 12,440 12,530 15,550 17,416 17,900 21,770 25,060 31,100 31,325 35,800 43,540 50,120 54,425 55,669 62,200 62,650 87,080 108,850 111,338 125,300 217,700 222,676 250,600 278,345 389,683 435,400 445,352 556,690 779,366 1,113,380 1,391,725 1,558,732 1,948,415 2,226,760 2,783,450 3,117,464 3,896,830 5,566,900 7,793,660 9,742,075 11,133,800 15,587,320 19,484,150 38,968,300 and 77,936,600, with no remainder.

Since 77,936,600 cannot be divided by just 1 and 77,936,600, 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).