Q: Is 79,430,800 a Composite Number?

Why is 79,430,800 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 79,430,800 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 16 17 20 25 34 40 50 68 80 85 100 136 170 200 272 340 400 425 680 850 1,360 1,700 3,400 6,800 11,681 23,362 46,724 58,405 93,448 116,810 186,896 198,577 233,620 292,025 397,154 467,240 584,050 794,308 934,480 992,885 1,168,100 1,588,616 1,985,770 2,336,200 3,177,232 3,971,540 4,672,400 4,964,425 7,943,080 9,928,850 15,886,160 19,857,700 39,715,400 and 79,430,800, with no remainder.

Since 79,430,800 cannot be divided by just 1 and 79,430,800, 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).