Q: Is 88,295,952 a Composite Number?

Why is 88,295,952 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 88,295,952 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 24 29 48 58 87 116 137 174 232 274 348 411 463 464 548 696 822 926 1,096 1,389 1,392 1,644 1,852 2,192 2,778 3,288 3,704 3,973 5,556 6,576 7,408 7,946 11,112 11,919 13,427 15,892 22,224 23,838 26,854 31,784 40,281 47,676 53,708 63,431 63,568 80,562 95,352 107,416 126,862 161,124 190,293 190,704 214,832 253,724 322,248 380,586 507,448 644,496 761,172 1,014,896 1,522,344 1,839,499 3,044,688 3,678,998 5,518,497 7,357,996 11,036,994 14,715,992 22,073,988 29,431,984 44,147,976 and 88,295,952, with no remainder.

Since 88,295,952 cannot be divided by just 1 and 88,295,952, 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).