Q: Is 97,873,839 a Composite Number?

Why is 97,873,839 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 97,873,839 can be evenly divided by 1 3 7 9 21 27 63 81 163 189 243 353 489 567 1,059 1,141 1,467 1,701 2,471 3,177 3,423 4,401 7,413 9,531 10,269 13,203 22,239 28,593 30,807 39,609 57,539 66,717 85,779 92,421 172,617 200,151 277,263 402,773 517,851 600,453 1,208,319 1,553,553 3,624,957 4,660,659 10,874,871 13,981,977 32,624,613 and 97,873,839, with no remainder.

Since 97,873,839 cannot be divided by just 1 and 97,873,839, 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).