Q: Is 87,211,152 a Composite Number?

Why is 87,211,152 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 87,211,152 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 16 18 21 24 28 36 42 48 56 63 72 84 112 126 144 168 241 252 336 359 482 504 718 723 964 1,008 1,077 1,436 1,446 1,687 1,928 2,154 2,169 2,513 2,872 2,892 3,231 3,374 3,856 4,308 4,338 5,026 5,061 5,744 5,784 6,462 6,748 7,539 8,616 8,676 10,052 10,122 11,568 12,924 13,496 15,078 15,183 17,232 17,352 20,104 20,244 22,617 25,848 26,992 30,156 30,366 34,704 40,208 40,488 45,234 51,696 60,312 60,732 80,976 86,519 90,468 120,624 121,464 173,038 180,936 242,928 259,557 346,076 361,872 519,114 605,633 692,152 778,671 1,038,228 1,211,266 1,384,304 1,557,342 1,816,899 2,076,456 2,422,532 3,114,684 3,633,798 4,152,912 4,845,064 5,450,697 6,229,368 7,267,596 9,690,128 10,901,394 12,458,736 14,535,192 21,802,788 29,070,384 43,605,576 and 87,211,152, with no remainder.

Since 87,211,152 cannot be divided by just 1 and 87,211,152, 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).