Q: Is 117,776,376 a Composite Number?

Why is 117,776,376 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 117,776,376 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 23 24 27 36 46 54 69 72 92 108 138 151 157 184 207 216 276 302 314 414 453 471 552 604 621 628 828 906 942 1,208 1,242 1,256 1,359 1,413 1,656 1,812 1,884 2,484 2,718 2,826 3,473 3,611 3,624 3,768 4,077 4,239 4,968 5,436 5,652 6,946 7,222 8,154 8,478 10,419 10,833 10,872 11,304 13,892 14,444 16,308 16,956 20,838 21,666 23,707 27,784 28,888 31,257 32,499 32,616 33,912 41,676 43,332 47,414 62,514 64,998 71,121 83,352 86,664 93,771 94,828 97,497 125,028 129,996 142,242 187,542 189,656 194,994 213,363 250,056 259,992 284,484 375,084 389,988 426,726 545,261 568,968 640,089 750,168 779,976 853,452 1,090,522 1,280,178 1,635,783 1,706,904 2,181,044 2,560,356 3,271,566 4,362,088 4,907,349 5,120,712 6,543,132 9,814,698 13,086,264 14,722,047 19,629,396 29,444,094 39,258,792 58,888,188 and 117,776,376, with no remainder.

Since 117,776,376 cannot be divided by just 1 and 117,776,376, 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).