Q: Is 78,187,824 a Composite Number?

Why is 78,187,824 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 78,187,824 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 11 12 13 16 18 22 24 26 33 36 39 44 48 52 66 72 78 88 99 104 117 132 143 144 156 176 198 208 234 264 286 312 396 429 468 528 572 624 792 858 936 1,144 1,287 1,584 1,716 1,872 2,288 2,574 3,432 3,797 5,148 6,864 7,594 10,296 11,391 15,188 20,592 22,782 30,376 34,173 41,767 45,564 49,361 60,752 68,346 83,534 91,128 98,722 125,301 136,692 148,083 167,068 182,256 197,444 250,602 273,384 296,166 334,136 375,903 394,888 444,249 501,204 542,971 546,768 592,332 668,272 751,806 789,776 888,498 1,002,408 1,085,942 1,184,664 1,503,612 1,628,913 1,776,996 2,004,816 2,171,884 2,369,328 3,007,224 3,257,826 3,553,992 4,343,768 4,886,739 6,014,448 6,515,652 7,107,984 8,687,536 9,773,478 13,031,304 19,546,956 26,062,608 39,093,912 and 78,187,824, with no remainder.

Since 78,187,824 cannot be divided by just 1 and 78,187,824, 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).