Q: Is 83,104,272 a Composite Number?

Why is 83,104,272 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 83,104,272 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 27 36 47 48 54 72 94 108 141 144 188 216 282 376 423 432 564 752 846 1,128 1,269 1,692 2,256 2,538 3,384 4,093 5,076 6,768 8,186 10,152 12,279 16,372 20,304 24,558 32,744 36,837 49,116 65,488 73,674 98,232 110,511 147,348 192,371 196,464 221,022 294,696 384,742 442,044 577,113 589,392 769,484 884,088 1,154,226 1,538,968 1,731,339 1,768,176 2,308,452 3,077,936 3,462,678 4,616,904 5,194,017 6,925,356 9,233,808 10,388,034 13,850,712 20,776,068 27,701,424 41,552,136 and 83,104,272, with no remainder.

Since 83,104,272 cannot be divided by just 1 and 83,104,272, 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).