Q: Is 79,135,394 a Composite Number?

Why is 79,135,394 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 79,135,394 can be evenly divided by 1 2 13 26 43 86 559 1,118 70,783 141,566 920,179 1,840,358 3,043,669 6,087,338 39,567,697 and 79,135,394, with no remainder.

Since 79,135,394 cannot be divided by just 1 and 79,135,394, 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).