Q: Is 78,948 a Composite Number?

 A: Yes, 78,948 is a composite number.

Why is 78,948 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 78,948 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 17 18 27 34 36 43 51 54 68 86 102 108 129 153 172 204 258 306 387 459 516 612 731 774 918 1,161 1,462 1,548 1,836 2,193 2,322 2,924 4,386 4,644 6,579 8,772 13,158 19,737 26,316 39,474 and 78,948, with no remainder.

Since 78,948 cannot be divided by just 1 and 78,948, 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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