Q: Is 84,354,876 a Composite Number?

Why is 84,354,876 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 84,354,876 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 18 36 41 67 82 123 134 164 201 246 268 369 402 492 603 738 804 853 1,206 1,476 1,706 2,412 2,559 2,747 3,412 5,118 5,494 7,677 8,241 10,236 10,988 15,354 16,482 24,723 30,708 32,964 34,973 49,446 57,151 69,946 98,892 104,919 114,302 139,892 171,453 209,838 228,604 314,757 342,906 419,676 514,359 629,514 685,812 1,028,718 1,259,028 2,057,436 2,343,191 4,686,382 7,029,573 9,372,764 14,059,146 21,088,719 28,118,292 42,177,438 and 84,354,876, with no remainder.

Since 84,354,876 cannot be divided by just 1 and 84,354,876, 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).