Q: Is 66,701,740 a Composite Number?

Why is 66,701,740 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 66,701,740 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 10 14 20 28 29 35 49 58 70 98 116 140 145 196 203 245 290 406 490 580 812 980 1,015 1,421 2,030 2,347 2,842 4,060 4,694 5,684 7,105 9,388 11,735 14,210 16,429 23,470 28,420 32,858 46,940 65,716 68,063 82,145 115,003 136,126 164,290 230,006 272,252 328,580 340,315 460,012 476,441 575,015 680,630 952,882 1,150,030 1,361,260 1,905,764 2,300,060 2,382,205 3,335,087 4,764,410 6,670,174 9,528,820 13,340,348 16,675,435 33,350,870 and 66,701,740, with no remainder.

Since 66,701,740 cannot be divided by just 1 and 66,701,740, 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).