Q: Is 97,821,486 a Composite Number?

Why is 97,821,486 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 97,821,486 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 9 14 18 21 27 42 54 63 126 189 378 258,787 517,574 776,361 1,552,722 1,811,509 2,329,083 3,623,018 4,658,166 5,434,527 6,987,249 10,869,054 13,974,498 16,303,581 32,607,162 48,910,743 and 97,821,486, with no remainder.

Since 97,821,486 cannot be divided by just 1 and 97,821,486, 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).