Q: Is 97,438,584 a Composite Number?

Why is 97,438,584 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 97,438,584 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 24 229 458 687 916 1,374 1,832 2,748 5,496 17,729 35,458 53,187 70,916 106,374 141,832 212,748 425,496 4,059,941 8,119,882 12,179,823 16,239,764 24,359,646 32,479,528 48,719,292 and 97,438,584, with no remainder.

Since 97,438,584 cannot be divided by just 1 and 97,438,584, 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).