Q: Is 87,608,800 a Composite Number?

Why is 87,608,800 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 87,608,800 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 16 20 25 32 40 41 50 80 82 100 160 164 200 205 328 400 410 656 800 820 1,025 1,312 1,640 2,050 2,671 3,280 4,100 5,342 6,560 8,200 10,684 13,355 16,400 21,368 26,710 32,800 42,736 53,420 66,775 85,472 106,840 109,511 133,550 213,680 219,022 267,100 427,360 438,044 534,200 547,555 876,088 1,068,400 1,095,110 1,752,176 2,136,800 2,190,220 2,737,775 3,504,352 4,380,440 5,475,550 8,760,880 10,951,100 17,521,760 21,902,200 43,804,400 and 87,608,800, with no remainder.

Since 87,608,800 cannot be divided by just 1 and 87,608,800, 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).