Q: Is 97,860,760 a Composite Number?

Why is 97,860,760 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 97,860,760 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 20 40 191 382 764 955 1,528 1,910 3,820 7,640 12,809 25,618 51,236 64,045 102,472 128,090 256,180 512,360 2,446,519 4,893,038 9,786,076 12,232,595 19,572,152 24,465,190 48,930,380 and 97,860,760, with no remainder.

Since 97,860,760 cannot be divided by just 1 and 97,860,760, 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).