Q: Is 78,820 a Composite Number?

 A: Yes, 78,820 is a composite number.

Why is 78,820 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 78,820 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 10 14 20 28 35 70 140 563 1,126 2,252 2,815 3,941 5,630 7,882 11,260 15,764 19,705 39,410 and 78,820, with no remainder.

Since 78,820 cannot be divided by just 1 and 78,820, it is a composite number.


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  • All positive natural numbers are either a prime number or a composite number (except the number 1, which is neither).

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