Q: Is 88,420,255 a Composite Number?

Why is 88,420,255 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 88,420,255 can be evenly divided by 1 5 7 11 35 43 49 55 77 109 215 245 301 343 385 473 539 545 763 1,199 1,505 1,715 2,107 2,365 2,695 3,311 3,773 3,815 4,687 5,341 5,995 8,393 10,535 14,749 16,555 18,865 23,177 23,435 26,705 32,809 37,387 41,965 51,557 58,751 73,745 115,885 162,239 164,045 186,935 229,663 257,785 293,755 360,899 411,257 811,195 1,148,315 1,607,641 1,804,495 2,056,285 2,526,293 8,038,205 12,631,465 17,684,051 and 88,420,255, with no remainder.

Since 88,420,255 cannot be divided by just 1 and 88,420,255, 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).