Q: Is 97,553,745 a Composite Number?

Why is 97,553,745 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 97,553,745 can be evenly divided by 1 3 5 9 15 31 45 93 155 279 465 1,395 69,931 209,793 349,655 629,379 1,048,965 2,167,861 3,146,895 6,503,583 10,839,305 19,510,749 32,517,915 and 97,553,745, with no remainder.

Since 97,553,745 cannot be divided by just 1 and 97,553,745, 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).