Q: Is 97,873,840 a Composite Number?

Why is 97,873,840 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 97,873,840 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 16 20 29 40 58 80 116 145 232 290 464 580 1,160 2,320 42,187 84,374 168,748 210,935 337,496 421,870 674,992 843,740 1,223,423 1,687,480 2,446,846 3,374,960 4,893,692 6,117,115 9,787,384 12,234,230 19,574,768 24,468,460 48,936,920 and 97,873,840, with no remainder.

Since 97,873,840 cannot be divided by just 1 and 97,873,840, 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).