Q: Is 29,742,570 a Composite Number?

Why is 29,742,570 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 29,742,570 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 5 6 9 10 11 13 15 18 22 26 30 33 39 45 55 65 66 78 90 99 110 117 130 143 165 195 198 234 286 330 390 429 495 585 715 858 990 1,170 1,287 1,430 2,145 2,311 2,574 4,290 4,622 6,435 6,933 11,555 12,870 13,866 20,799 23,110 25,421 30,043 34,665 41,598 50,842 60,086 69,330 76,263 90,129 103,995 127,105 150,215 152,526 180,258 207,990 228,789 254,210 270,387 300,430 330,473 381,315 450,645 457,578 540,774 660,946 762,630 901,290 991,419 1,143,945 1,351,935 1,652,365 1,982,838 2,287,890 2,703,870 2,974,257 3,304,730 4,957,095 5,948,514 9,914,190 14,871,285 and 29,742,570, with no remainder.

Since 29,742,570 cannot be divided by just 1 and 29,742,570, 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).