Q: Is 78,374,100 a Composite Number?

Why is 78,374,100 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 78,374,100 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 10 12 14 15 20 21 25 28 30 35 42 50 60 70 75 84 100 105 140 150 175 210 300 350 420 525 700 1,050 2,100 37,321 74,642 111,963 149,284 186,605 223,926 261,247 373,210 447,852 522,494 559,815 746,420 783,741 933,025 1,044,988 1,119,630 1,306,235 1,567,482 1,866,050 2,239,260 2,612,470 2,799,075 3,134,964 3,732,100 3,918,705 5,224,940 5,598,150 6,531,175 7,837,410 11,196,300 13,062,350 15,674,820 19,593,525 26,124,700 39,187,050 and 78,374,100, with no remainder.

Since 78,374,100 cannot be divided by just 1 and 78,374,100, 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).