Q: Is 77,670,846 a Composite Number?

Why is 77,670,846 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 77,670,846 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 11 18 22 27 33 54 66 99 198 229 297 458 571 594 687 1,142 1,374 1,713 2,061 2,519 3,426 4,122 5,038 5,139 6,183 6,281 7,557 10,278 12,366 12,562 15,114 15,417 18,843 22,671 30,834 37,686 45,342 56,529 68,013 113,058 130,759 136,026 169,587 261,518 339,174 392,277 784,554 1,176,831 1,438,349 2,353,662 2,876,698 3,530,493 4,315,047 7,060,986 8,630,094 12,945,141 25,890,282 38,835,423 and 77,670,846, with no remainder.

Since 77,670,846 cannot be divided by just 1 and 77,670,846, 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).