Q: Is 88,719,540 a Composite Number?

Why is 88,719,540 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 88,719,540 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 10 12 13 14 15 20 21 26 28 30 35 39 42 52 60 65 70 78 84 91 105 130 140 156 182 195 210 260 273 364 390 420 455 546 780 910 1,092 1,365 1,820 2,730 5,460 16,249 32,498 48,747 64,996 81,245 97,494 113,743 162,490 194,988 211,237 227,486 243,735 324,980 341,229 422,474 454,972 487,470 568,715 633,711 682,458 844,948 974,940 1,056,185 1,137,430 1,267,422 1,364,916 1,478,659 1,706,145 2,112,370 2,274,860 2,534,844 2,957,318 3,168,555 3,412,290 4,224,740 4,435,977 5,914,636 6,337,110 6,824,580 7,393,295 8,871,954 12,674,220 14,786,590 17,743,908 22,179,885 29,573,180 44,359,770 and 88,719,540, with no remainder.

Since 88,719,540 cannot be divided by just 1 and 88,719,540, 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).