Q: Is 98,609,595 a Composite Number?

Why is 98,609,595 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 98,609,595 can be evenly divided by 1 3 5 7 15 21 35 67 105 107 131 201 321 335 393 469 535 655 749 917 1,005 1,407 1,605 1,965 2,247 2,345 2,751 3,745 4,585 7,035 7,169 8,777 11,235 13,755 14,017 21,507 26,331 35,845 42,051 43,885 50,183 61,439 70,085 98,119 107,535 131,655 150,549 184,317 210,255 250,915 294,357 307,195 490,595 752,745 921,585 939,139 1,471,785 2,817,417 4,695,695 6,573,973 14,087,085 19,721,919 32,869,865 and 98,609,595, with no remainder.

Since 98,609,595 cannot be divided by just 1 and 98,609,595, 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).