Q: Is 147,070,740 a Composite Number?

Why is 147,070,740 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 147,070,740 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 10 12 15 17 20 23 30 34 46 51 60 68 69 85 92 102 115 138 170 204 230 255 276 340 345 391 460 510 690 782 1,020 1,173 1,380 1,564 1,955 2,346 3,910 4,692 5,865 6,269 7,820 11,730 12,538 18,807 23,460 25,076 31,345 37,614 62,690 75,228 94,035 106,573 125,380 144,187 188,070 213,146 288,374 319,719 376,140 426,292 432,561 532,865 576,748 639,438 720,935 865,122 1,065,730 1,278,876 1,441,870 1,598,595 1,730,244 2,131,460 2,162,805 2,451,179 2,883,740 3,197,190 4,325,610 4,902,358 6,394,380 7,353,537 8,651,220 9,804,716 12,255,895 14,707,074 24,511,790 29,414,148 36,767,685 49,023,580 73,535,370 and 147,070,740, with no remainder.

Since 147,070,740 cannot be divided by just 1 and 147,070,740, 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).