Q: Is 78,876 a Composite Number?

 A: Yes, 78,876 is a composite number.

Why is 78,876 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 78,876 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 9 12 14 18 21 28 36 42 63 84 126 252 313 626 939 1,252 1,878 2,191 2,817 3,756 4,382 5,634 6,573 8,764 11,268 13,146 19,719 26,292 39,438 and 78,876, with no remainder.

Since 78,876 cannot be divided by just 1 and 78,876, 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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