Q: Is 83,029,428 a Composite Number?

Why is 83,029,428 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 83,029,428 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 17 18 27 34 36 41 51 54 68 82 102 108 123 153 164 204 246 306 369 459 492 612 697 738 918 1,103 1,107 1,394 1,476 1,836 2,091 2,206 2,214 2,788 3,309 4,182 4,412 4,428 6,273 6,618 8,364 9,927 12,546 13,236 18,751 18,819 19,854 25,092 29,781 37,502 37,638 39,708 45,223 56,253 59,562 75,004 75,276 90,446 112,506 119,124 135,669 168,759 180,892 225,012 271,338 337,518 407,007 506,277 542,676 675,036 768,791 814,014 1,012,554 1,221,021 1,537,582 1,628,028 2,025,108 2,306,373 2,442,042 3,075,164 4,612,746 4,884,084 6,919,119 9,225,492 13,838,238 20,757,357 27,676,476 41,514,714 and 83,029,428, with no remainder.

Since 83,029,428 cannot be divided by just 1 and 83,029,428, 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).