Q: Is 87,879,090 a Composite Number?

Why is 87,879,090 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 87,879,090 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 5 6 10 13 15 23 26 30 39 46 65 69 78 97 101 115 130 138 194 195 202 230 291 299 303 345 390 485 505 582 598 606 690 897 970 1,010 1,261 1,313 1,455 1,495 1,515 1,794 2,231 2,323 2,522 2,626 2,910 2,990 3,030 3,783 3,939 4,462 4,485 4,646 6,305 6,565 6,693 6,969 7,566 7,878 8,970 9,797 11,155 11,615 12,610 13,130 13,386 13,938 18,915 19,594 19,695 22,310 23,230 29,003 29,391 30,199 33,465 34,845 37,830 39,390 48,985 58,006 58,782 60,398 66,930 69,690 87,009 90,597 97,970 127,361 145,015 146,955 150,995 174,018 181,194 225,331 254,722 290,030 293,910 301,990 382,083 435,045 450,662 452,985 636,805 675,993 764,166 870,090 905,970 1,126,655 1,273,610 1,351,986 1,910,415 2,253,310 2,929,303 3,379,965 3,820,830 5,858,606 6,759,930 8,787,909 14,646,515 17,575,818 29,293,030 43,939,545 and 87,879,090, with no remainder.

Since 87,879,090 cannot be divided by just 1 and 87,879,090, 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).