Q: Is 88,872,672 a Composite Number?

Why is 88,872,672 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 88,872,672 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 21 24 28 32 42 48 49 56 84 96 98 112 147 168 196 224 294 336 343 392 588 672 686 784 1,029 1,176 1,372 1,568 2,058 2,352 2,699 2,744 4,116 4,704 5,398 5,488 8,097 8,232 10,796 10,976 16,194 16,464 18,893 21,592 32,388 32,928 37,786 43,184 56,679 64,776 75,572 86,368 113,358 129,552 132,251 151,144 226,716 259,104 264,502 302,288 396,753 453,432 529,004 604,576 793,506 906,864 925,757 1,058,008 1,587,012 1,813,728 1,851,514 2,116,016 2,777,271 3,174,024 3,703,028 4,232,032 5,554,542 6,348,048 7,406,056 11,109,084 12,696,096 14,812,112 22,218,168 29,624,224 44,436,336 and 88,872,672, with no remainder.

Since 88,872,672 cannot be divided by just 1 and 88,872,672, 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).