Q: Is 77,997,654 a Composite Number?

Why is 77,997,654 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 77,997,654 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 9 14 18 21 27 42 54 63 81 101 126 162 189 202 227 243 303 378 454 486 567 606 681 707 909 1,134 1,362 1,414 1,589 1,701 1,818 2,043 2,121 2,727 3,178 3,402 4,086 4,242 4,767 5,454 6,129 6,363 8,181 9,534 12,258 12,726 14,301 16,362 18,387 19,089 22,927 24,543 28,602 36,774 38,178 42,903 45,854 49,086 55,161 57,267 68,781 85,806 110,322 114,534 128,709 137,562 160,489 171,801 206,343 257,418 320,978 343,602 386,127 412,686 481,467 619,029 772,254 962,934 1,238,058 1,444,401 1,857,087 2,888,802 3,714,174 4,333,203 5,571,261 8,666,406 11,142,522 12,999,609 25,999,218 38,998,827 and 77,997,654, with no remainder.

Since 77,997,654 cannot be divided by just 1 and 77,997,654, 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).