Q: Is 83,477,888 a Composite Number?

Why is 83,477,888 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 83,477,888 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 13 16 17 26 32 34 52 64 68 104 128 136 169 208 221 227 272 338 416 442 454 544 676 832 884 908 1,088 1,352 1,664 1,768 1,816 2,176 2,704 2,873 2,951 3,536 3,632 3,859 5,408 5,746 5,902 7,072 7,264 7,718 10,816 11,492 11,804 14,144 14,528 15,436 21,632 22,984 23,608 28,288 29,056 30,872 38,363 45,968 47,216 50,167 61,744 76,726 91,936 94,432 100,334 123,488 153,452 183,872 188,864 200,668 246,976 306,904 367,744 377,728 401,336 493,952 613,808 652,171 802,672 1,227,616 1,304,342 1,605,344 2,455,232 2,608,684 3,210,688 4,910,464 5,217,368 6,421,376 10,434,736 20,869,472 41,738,944 and 83,477,888, with no remainder.

Since 83,477,888 cannot be divided by just 1 and 83,477,888, 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).