Q: Is 87,058,272 a Composite Number?

Why is 87,058,272 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 87,058,272 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 21 24 28 32 42 48 56 84 96 112 168 224 336 353 367 672 706 734 1,059 1,101 1,412 1,468 2,118 2,202 2,471 2,569 2,824 2,936 4,236 4,404 4,942 5,138 5,648 5,872 7,413 7,707 8,472 8,808 9,884 10,276 11,296 11,744 14,826 15,414 16,944 17,616 19,768 20,552 29,652 30,828 33,888 35,232 39,536 41,104 59,304 61,656 79,072 82,208 118,608 123,312 129,551 237,216 246,624 259,102 388,653 518,204 777,306 906,857 1,036,408 1,554,612 1,813,714 2,072,816 2,720,571 3,109,224 3,627,428 4,145,632 5,441,142 6,218,448 7,254,856 10,882,284 12,436,896 14,509,712 21,764,568 29,019,424 43,529,136 and 87,058,272, with no remainder.

Since 87,058,272 cannot be divided by just 1 and 87,058,272, 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).