Q: Is 88,442,280 a Composite Number?

Why is 88,442,280 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 88,442,280 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 90 108 120 135 162 180 216 243 270 324 337 360 405 486 540 648 674 729 810 972 1,011 1,080 1,215 1,348 1,458 1,620 1,685 1,944 2,022 2,187 2,430 2,696 2,916 3,033 3,240 3,370 3,645 4,044 4,374 4,860 5,055 5,832 6,066 6,561 6,740 7,290 8,088 8,748 9,099 9,720 10,110 10,935 12,132 13,122 13,480 14,580 15,165 17,496 18,198 20,220 21,870 24,264 26,244 27,297 29,160 30,330 32,805 36,396 40,440 43,740 45,495 52,488 54,594 60,660 65,610 72,792 81,891 87,480 90,990 109,188 121,320 131,220 136,485 163,782 181,980 218,376 245,673 262,440 272,970 327,564 363,960 409,455 491,346 545,940 655,128 737,019 818,910 982,692 1,091,880 1,228,365 1,474,038 1,637,820 1,965,384 2,211,057 2,456,730 2,948,076 3,275,640 3,685,095 4,422,114 4,913,460 5,896,152 7,370,190 8,844,228 9,826,920 11,055,285 14,740,380 17,688,456 22,110,570 29,480,760 44,221,140 and 88,442,280, with no remainder.

Since 88,442,280 cannot be divided by just 1 and 88,442,280, 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).