Q: Is 88,438,624 a Composite Number?

Why is 88,438,624 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 88,438,624 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 16 17 32 34 68 73 131 136 146 262 272 289 292 524 544 578 584 1,048 1,156 1,168 1,241 2,096 2,227 2,312 2,336 2,482 4,192 4,454 4,624 4,964 8,908 9,248 9,563 9,928 17,816 19,126 19,856 21,097 35,632 37,859 38,252 39,712 42,194 71,264 75,718 76,504 84,388 151,436 153,008 162,571 168,776 302,872 306,016 325,142 337,552 605,744 650,284 675,104 1,211,488 1,300,568 2,601,136 2,763,707 5,202,272 5,527,414 11,054,828 22,109,656 44,219,312 and 88,438,624, with no remainder.

Since 88,438,624 cannot be divided by just 1 and 88,438,624, 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).