Q: Is 98,059,962 a Composite Number?

Why is 98,059,962 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 98,059,962 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 11 13 14 21 22 26 29 33 39 42 58 66 77 78 87 91 143 154 174 182 203 231 273 286 319 377 406 429 462 546 563 609 638 754 858 957 1,001 1,126 1,131 1,218 1,689 1,914 2,002 2,233 2,262 2,639 3,003 3,378 3,941 4,147 4,466 5,278 6,006 6,193 6,699 7,319 7,882 7,917 8,294 11,823 12,386 12,441 13,398 14,638 15,834 16,327 18,579 21,957 23,646 24,882 29,029 32,654 37,158 43,351 43,914 48,981 51,233 58,058 80,509 86,702 87,087 97,962 102,466 114,289 130,053 153,699 161,018 174,174 179,597 212,251 228,578 241,527 260,106 307,398 342,867 359,194 424,502 483,054 538,791 563,563 636,753 685,734 1,077,582 1,127,126 1,257,179 1,273,506 1,485,757 1,690,689 2,334,761 2,514,358 2,971,514 3,381,378 3,771,537 4,457,271 4,669,522 7,004,283 7,543,074 8,914,542 14,008,566 16,343,327 32,686,654 49,029,981 and 98,059,962, with no remainder.

Since 98,059,962 cannot be divided by just 1 and 98,059,962, 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).