Q: Is 88,053,480 a Composite Number?

Why is 88,053,480 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 88,053,480 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 12 15 18 20 24 27 30 36 40 45 54 60 72 81 90 108 120 135 162 180 216 243 270 324 360 405 486 540 648 810 972 1,080 1,215 1,620 1,944 2,430 3,240 4,860 9,059 9,720 18,118 27,177 36,236 45,295 54,354 72,472 81,531 90,590 108,708 135,885 163,062 181,180 217,416 244,593 271,770 326,124 362,360 407,655 489,186 543,540 652,248 733,779 815,310 978,372 1,087,080 1,222,965 1,467,558 1,630,620 1,956,744 2,201,337 2,445,930 2,935,116 3,261,240 3,668,895 4,402,674 4,891,860 5,870,232 7,337,790 8,805,348 9,783,720 11,006,685 14,675,580 17,610,696 22,013,370 29,351,160 44,026,740 and 88,053,480, with no remainder.

Since 88,053,480 cannot be divided by just 1 and 88,053,480, 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).