Q: Is 87,771,852 a Composite Number?

Why is 87,771,852 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 87,771,852 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 9 12 14 18 21 28 36 42 63 84 126 252 379 758 919 1,137 1,516 1,838 2,274 2,653 2,757 3,411 3,676 4,548 5,306 5,514 6,433 6,822 7,959 8,271 10,612 11,028 12,866 13,644 15,918 16,542 19,299 23,877 25,732 31,836 33,084 38,598 47,754 57,897 77,196 95,508 115,794 231,588 348,301 696,602 1,044,903 1,393,204 2,089,806 2,438,107 3,134,709 4,179,612 4,876,214 6,269,418 7,314,321 9,752,428 12,538,836 14,628,642 21,942,963 29,257,284 43,885,926 and 87,771,852, with no remainder.

Since 87,771,852 cannot be divided by just 1 and 87,771,852, 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).