Q: Is 87,742,152 a Composite Number?

Why is 87,742,152 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 87,742,152 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 19 24 31 36 38 57 62 72 76 93 114 124 152 171 186 228 248 279 342 372 456 558 589 684 744 1,116 1,178 1,368 1,767 2,069 2,232 2,356 3,534 4,138 4,712 5,301 6,207 7,068 8,276 10,602 12,414 14,136 16,552 18,621 21,204 24,828 37,242 39,311 42,408 49,656 64,139 74,484 78,622 117,933 128,278 148,968 157,244 192,417 235,866 256,556 314,488 353,799 384,834 471,732 513,112 577,251 707,598 769,668 943,464 1,154,502 1,218,641 1,415,196 1,539,336 2,309,004 2,437,282 2,830,392 3,655,923 4,618,008 4,874,564 7,311,846 9,749,128 10,967,769 14,623,692 21,935,538 29,247,384 43,871,076 and 87,742,152, with no remainder.

Since 87,742,152 cannot be divided by just 1 and 87,742,152, 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).