Q: Is 78,947,720 a Composite Number?

 A: Yes, 78,947,720 is a composite number.

Why is 78,947,720 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 78,947,720 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 20 40 271 542 1,084 1,355 2,168 2,710 5,420 7,283 10,840 14,566 29,132 36,415 58,264 72,830 145,660 291,320 1,973,693 3,947,386 7,894,772 9,868,465 15,789,544 19,736,930 39,473,860 and 78,947,720, with no remainder.

Since 78,947,720 cannot be divided by just 1 and 78,947,720, 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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