Q: Is 87,076,272 a Composite Number?

Why is 87,076,272 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 87,076,272 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 24 31 48 62 93 124 139 186 248 278 372 417 421 496 556 744 834 842 1,112 1,263 1,488 1,668 1,684 2,224 2,526 3,336 3,368 4,309 5,052 6,672 6,736 8,618 10,104 12,927 13,051 17,236 20,208 25,854 26,102 34,472 39,153 51,708 52,204 58,519 68,944 78,306 103,416 104,408 117,038 156,612 175,557 206,832 208,816 234,076 313,224 351,114 468,152 626,448 702,228 936,304 1,404,456 1,814,089 2,808,912 3,628,178 5,442,267 7,256,356 10,884,534 14,512,712 21,769,068 29,025,424 43,538,136 and 87,076,272, with no remainder.

Since 87,076,272 cannot be divided by just 1 and 87,076,272, 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).