Q: Is 79,489,998 a Composite Number?

Why is 79,489,998 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 79,489,998 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 9 14 18 21 27 42 54 63 81 126 162 189 191 367 378 382 567 573 734 1,101 1,134 1,146 1,337 1,719 2,202 2,569 2,674 3,303 3,438 4,011 5,138 5,157 6,606 7,707 8,022 9,909 10,314 12,033 15,414 15,471 19,818 23,121 24,066 29,727 30,942 36,099 46,242 59,454 69,363 70,097 72,198 108,297 138,726 140,194 208,089 210,291 216,594 416,178 420,582 490,679 630,873 981,358 1,261,746 1,472,037 1,892,619 2,944,074 3,785,238 4,416,111 5,677,857 8,832,222 11,355,714 13,248,333 26,496,666 39,744,999 and 79,489,998, with no remainder.

Since 79,489,998 cannot be divided by just 1 and 79,489,998, 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).