Q: Is 87,010,614 a Composite Number?

Why is 87,010,614 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 87,010,614 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 18 19 29 31 38 57 58 62 87 93 114 171 174 186 261 279 283 342 522 551 558 566 589 849 899 1,102 1,178 1,653 1,698 1,767 1,798 2,547 2,697 3,306 3,534 4,959 5,094 5,301 5,377 5,394 8,091 8,207 8,773 9,918 10,602 10,754 16,131 16,182 16,414 17,081 17,546 24,621 26,319 32,262 34,162 48,393 49,242 51,243 52,638 73,863 78,957 96,786 102,486 147,726 153,729 155,933 157,914 166,687 254,417 307,458 311,866 333,374 467,799 500,061 508,834 763,251 935,598 1,000,122 1,403,397 1,500,183 1,526,502 2,289,753 2,806,794 3,000,366 4,579,506 4,833,923 9,667,846 14,501,769 29,003,538 43,505,307 and 87,010,614, with no remainder.

Since 87,010,614 cannot be divided by just 1 and 87,010,614, 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).